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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03193 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1848 |
| Title | John Caldwell Calhoun to Gilbert C. Rice regarding the abolition of slavery |
| Date | 16 October 1848 |
| Author | Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) |
| Recipient | Rice, Gilbert C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Calhoun, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina, writes to Rice at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Cannot furnish Rice with requested documents (a speech he delivered in Senate and a letter by "Hammond"). Argues that neither the Whigs nor the Democrats have dealt with the question of abolition appropriately: "I fear the abolition question has been permitted by the North to progress too far to be arrested. Neither party has met it as it ought to have been... The South begins to lose all confidence & must look to itself for protection..." Accompanied by two envelopes, both addressed to Rice, one bearing Calhoun's free frank. |
| Subjects | Whigs Democratic Party Politics Government and Civics Abolition Slavery African American History Congress American Statesmen |
| People | Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) Rice, Gilbert C. (fl. 1848) |
| Place written | Fort Hill, South Carolina |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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