What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, ed. Philip S. Foner (Chicago: Lawrence Hill, 1999), 188-206. http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945 My subject, then, fellow-citizens, is American slavery. I shall see, this day, and […]
Annual Message to Congress (1859)
Message of the President of the United States, 36th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix p. 1. Fellow—Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Our deep and heartfelt gratitude is […]
Annual Message to Congress (1858)
James Buchanan, “James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers: Series IV: Additions, 1842-1867; Addition III; State of the Union message, 1858, Dec. 3,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of […]
Annual Message to Congress (1857)
Message of the President of the United States, 35th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix p. 1. Fellow–Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In obedience to the command of […]
Annual Message to Congress (1856)
Franklin Pierce, “Franklin Pierce Papers: Series 5, Messages to Congress, 1853-1856,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin Pierce, 1856, Franklin Pierce Papers (Washington, DC: Library […]
Annual Message to Congress (1855)
Message of the President of the United States, 34th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix p. 1. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20211117141943/https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=042/llcg042.db&recNum=12 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The Constitution of the […]
Annual Message to Congress (1854)
Franklin Pierce, “Image 325 of Franklin Pierce Papers: Series 5, Messages to Congress, 1853-1856,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin Pierce, 1854, Franklin Pierce Papers […]
Annual Message to Congress (1853)
Franklin Pierce, “Franklin Pierce Papers: Series 5, Messages to Congress, 1853-1856,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Franklin Pierce, 1853, Franklin Pierce Papers (Washington, DC: Library […]
Annual Message to Congress (1852)
Message of the President of the United States, 32st Cong., 2nd sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix p. 1. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20211111012439/https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=032/llcg032.db&recNum=12 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The brief space which […]
Annual Message to Congress (1851)
Message of the President of the United States, 32nd Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Globe, Appendix p. 1. https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20211111012359/https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=030/llcg030.db&recNum=12 Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: I congratulate you and […]