SPEECH OF HON. A.B. OLIN, OF NEW YORK, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, March 11, 1862
Washington DC: Scammell & Co., 1862. 1st Edition. Disbound. 8p. DISBOUND. Text of a speech removed from a larger volume. Pages faintly browned; spotty discoloration and foxing. Otherwise unmarked and complete. Item #319735
Abram Baldwin Olin (1808-1879) was a Republican congressman from New York who also served on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. In this speech, Olin gives his perspective on a proposed measure by which the federal government would financially assist slaveowners in emancipating their slaves. This proposition was part of a larger debate over emancipation as a wartime measure, which eventually culminated in the Emancipation Proclamation.
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