A lot of two (2) pamphlets printing speeches of abolitionist and Lincoln's future Secretary of State, William H. Seward (1801-1872), on the Bleeding Kansas crisis. Works include: 

1. William H. Seward. The Republican Movement. Speeches of William H. Seward. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1855.

8vo, 15 pages. Original wrappers. 

An exceptional, early Republican imprint featuring two speeches of William H. Seward: "The Dangers of Extending Slavery," given at Albany on 12 October 1855, and "The Contest and the Crisis," given a week later at Buffalo. 

The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists in direct response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into new U.S. territories. Seward was a staunch abolitionist and one of the earliest prominent figures to join the new party. In these orations, he articulates the content of the nascent party and its mission to oppose the spread of slavery. 

VERY SCARCE. No auction records. OCLC locates only 5 copies. 

2. William H. Seward. Tribune Tracts. - No. 3. The Admission of Kansas. Speech of William H. Seward, of New York. New York: New York Tribune, 1860.

8vo, 14 pages with 2 pages of rear advertisements. Dumond p. 101; Sabin 79500 (other editions of the same speech are Nos. 79521, 79577, 79584). 

Contemporary notations to rear page. Ownership inscription to front wrapper "T. Farrell Crane." 

An important speech by Seward in favor of non-slave status for Kansas. Given right before the outbreak of war, he discusses Southern Democrats and other pressing issues. Sabin notes at least 3 other editions printed of the popular oration. 

[African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Pamphlets, Publications, Ephemera, Books, Rare Books, Tracts] [Bleeding Kansas]