Sam Houston: Speech Opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act - Milestone Documents

Sam Houston: Speech Opposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act

( 1854 ) Commentary by Michael J. O'Neal, Ph.D.

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Hopewell treaty three treaties, named for the South Carolina estate where they were signed, between the United States and the Cherokee (November 28, 1785), the Choctaw (January 3, 1786), and the Chicasaw (January 10, 1786)
perfidy treachery, disloyalty
sagacity wisdom

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