Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 90

7. Charles Brown, Speech of Charles Brown, of Pennsylvania, on Abolition and Slavery: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3 and 7, 1849 (Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1849). (15 p.)

Speech concerning the gag rule, which prevented the House from debating the abolition of slavery, either in states were it existed or the District of Columbia.