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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05116.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] |
| Title | Speech of Mr. Gillette |
| Date | ca. 1854 |
| Author | Gillette, Francis (1807-1879) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Location inferred from content. A note on last page indicates this document was created after 24 May 1854. In response to the question, "Are you willing that the black man shall participate, equally with the white man, in all the social and political benefits of this country," Gillette replies, "I certainly am willing, yea, desirous, that all men, irrespective of color, stature, height, circumference, or any other of the accidents of being, should have the same rights and the enjoyment of the same privileges, to work out the great problem of their existence, and to 'participate equally'... " |
| Subjects | President Congress Politics Abolition Slavery African American History Westward Expansion Missouri Compromise Statehood Bleeding Kansas Civil Rights Suffrage Government and Civics |
| People | Gillette, Francis (1807-1879) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Gillette was a United States Senator from Connecticut 1853-1854. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | The state of affairs in Kansas. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. |