James Buchanan: Remarks to Congress on Slavery - Milestone Documents

James Buchanan: Remarks to Congress on Slavery

( 1836 ) Commentary by Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University

Glossary

exclusive jurisdictions separate legal powers
foreign outside, but not necessarily “foreign” in the sense of being or coming from outside the United States
memorial petition
our Confederacy the United States
the property of the master in his slave the fact, in Buchanan’s opinion, that a slave was the property of his or her master
rising revolting

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