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- SPEECH OF HON. F. W. BOWDON, OF ALABAMA, ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1847-01-16
- In the speech Bowdon discusses recent legislative debate concerning the expansion of slavery into the country's new states and territories. He argues that since slaves are property, the government should protect their owners' rights in any land...
- 2009-06-25
- Questionnaire prepared by H. C. Nixon to gather information on slavery in Alabama.
- 1912
- The questionnaire was sent to former slaveholders and former slaves. It asks for details about dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment;...
- 2010-11-12
- O. T. McCann's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1912-12-05
- McCann, a former slave, describes the following aspects of slavery as he experienced them in Hale County, Alabama: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family...
- 2010-11-12
- John H. Alexander's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913
- Alexander, whose father was "a large slave holder before the war," describes the following aspects of slavery: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life;...
- 2009-09-30
- J. W. Winston's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-01-25
- Winston, whose father "was the largest slave owner in this (DeKalb) County," describes the following aspects of slavery: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use;...
- 2010-11-12
- M. T. Judge's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-02-26
- Apparently, Judge sent more than one response to the questionnaire; in this one, he focuses on entertainment among the slaves: "In the last installment I sent you, I fear that I didnt [sic] do justice to the subject - Viz Amusements, and I dont...
- 2009-09-11
- D. M. McIntosh's response to H. C. Nixon's questionnaire about slavery in Alabama.
- 1913-04-01
- McIntosh describes the following aspects of slavery as he observed them in Wilcox County, Alabama: dwellings and possessions; clothing and food; occupations and typical workdays; money earned by slaves for their own use; family life; entertainment;...
- 2010-11-12
- "The Slavery Question in California."
- 1949-04-06
- The article argues that slavery will not be permitted in California and quotes a statement from a New York newspaper: "No action of Congress can decide the question; it is already decided by the impossibility of retaining slaves, by the character...
- 2009-08-24