Selections from the letters and speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond, of South Carolina.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : J.F. Trow and Company, printers, 1866.
Series:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
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Table of Contents:
  • State rights and free trade
  • Speech on the justice of receiving petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
  • Message to the Senate and House of representatives of the state of South Carolina, Nov. 28, 1843
  • Message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of South Carolina, Nov. 26, 1844
  • Letter to the Free church of Glasgow, on the subject of slavery
  • Two letters on the subject of slavery in the United States, addressed to Thomas Clarkson, Esq
  • An oration delivered before the two societies of the South Carolina College, on the fourth of December, 1849
  • An oration on the life, character, and services of John Caldwell Calhoun, delivered on the 21st November, 1850, in Charleston, S.C., at the request of the city council
  • Speech on the admission of Kansas, under the Lecompton constitution, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 4, 1858
  • Speech delivered at Barnwell C.H., S.C., October 29, 1858
  • Speech on the relations of the states, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 21, 1860.