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Identifier
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HCAC.FAMU.0151
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Title
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Hon. Amasa Walker, The Indemnity Bill
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Alternative Title
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Rare Slavery Documents - The indemnity Bill, Cotton, not Slavery, was the immediate cause of the Rebellion. Speech of Hon. Amasa Walker of Massachusetts on the Indemnity Bill. February 18th 1863.
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Creator
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Amasa Walker | Towers & Co., Printers
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Date Created
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1863
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Description
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Hon. Amasa Walker’s speech addressed the universal demand for cotton in manufacturing, noting its rising value and production. He argued for keeping the slave trade open to sustain labor demands, highlighting Northern opposition to Africanization and the South’s reliance on enslaved labor, deeming secession inevitable.
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Access Rights
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All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
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Publisher
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James N. Eaton
