Benjamin, Judah P. Extracts from the Speech of Hon. Mr. Benjamin, of Louisiana, on the Kansas Question: Showing the True Meaning of the Kansas Law, and His Reasons for Joining the Democratic Party.
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Thursday, June 21st,
2012 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 18
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Benjamin, Judah P. Extracts from the Speech of Hon. Mr. Benjamin, of Louisiana, on the Kansas Question: Showing the True Meaning of the Kansas Law, and His Reasons for Joining the Democratic Party.
Washington: The Union Office 1856
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $300
In 1852, Judah P. Benjamin became the first professing Jew elected to the United States Senate. Initially a Whig, he became a Democrat in 1856 after the Democratic Party espoused the cause of Southern rights. Benjamin was a leading member of the school of Southern politicians who favored secession from the Union as the only safeguard for Southern survival, to which end, he delivered this major address in the Senate defending slavery.