Hancock Jeffersonian -Supplement. The Suicide of Slavery. Speech of Hon. Eli Thayer, of Mass. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 25, 1858.
[Findlay, Ohio]: [S.A. Spear], 1858. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Rather than giving speeches, Eli Thayer (1819-1899) felt emigration could overturn slavery, and to this end raised funds to move northern men and anti-slavery proponents into territories and border states to swing the popular vote. He would later argue..... More