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Articles of Confederation (2)

Speaker or Author: Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884
Newspaper:Liberator
Title: Speech of Wm. Wells Brown
Date Published: 1860-10-26
Notes: Eloquent, knowledgable and intelligent rebuttal to a speech given by William Lowndes Yancey encouraging sucession, state's rights, and a continuation of slavery. Mr. Yancey, as a member of the "fire-eaters" (radical sucessionists) supported and encouraged events that lead up to the Civil War.
Speaker or Author: editor
Newspaper:Pacific Appeal (1862 - 188?)
Date Published: 1862-10-11
Notes: The writer comments on the Dred Scott case. He focuses on the dissent of Justice Curtis.