1858 KANSAS SLAVERY. Kentucky Senator Urges Adoption of Pro-Slavery Lecompton Constitution. Evangelist Francis Brown

Francis Brown

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he accepted the call to pastor at Carlisle

he pastored the South Parade Baptist Church in Leeds [whose opening ceremony is described in the present diary]

1858 KANSAS SLAVERY. Kentucky Senator Urges Adoption of Pro-Slavery Lecompton Constitution. Evangelist Francis BrownA rather scarce item, with no examples in the trade at the time of cataloging and no offered at auction in 20 years. The present speech played a critical role in the history of Kansas and, quite directly, in the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency. Pro slavery and anti slavery forces in Kansas battled over political control of the territory from its organization in 1854 until the end of the decade. No crisis during this period had weightier