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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08997 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1844 |
| Title | Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory |
| Date | 1844 |
| Author | Gibbons, James Sloan (1815-1892) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Urges Northerners to vote for the Whig ticket, and oppose the Democrats, who favor the annexation of Texas. Argues that annexation is planned only to increase slavery and the power of the slave states. Texas is large and suitable for slavery and thus annexing it "would encircle Africa with slave-ships, and under the stimulus of insatiable avarice, penetrate farther into the interior of the devoted country." Annexation would also lead to war with Mexico. Argues slavery can be defeated steadily through the vote, and urges Northerners to show their increased support of abolition and vote against the Democrats. |
| Subjects | Whigs American West Texas Politics Democratic Party Election Westward Expansion Government and Civics Slavery Abolition African American History Mexican War Africa Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Latin and South America |
| People | Gibbons, James Sloan (1815-1892) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Westward Expansion; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; The Mexican War; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | James G. Sloan was a noted merchant and abolitionist who wrote the words to the song "We are Coming, Father Abraham." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |