Excerpts from "An Address to the Citizens of Alabama, on the Constitution and Laws of the Confederate States of America" by Robert H. Smith.
In the address Smith comments on the recent election of Lincoln; describes the objectives and administration of the new Confederate government; gives a historical and religious defense of slavery; commends the new government's prohibition of the foreign slave trade; and discusses the reasons fo...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1740 |