A group of five (5) pamphlets related to Kansas statehood, slavery, and the Bleeding Kansas crisis, including: 

1. Samuel Galloway (1811-1872). Kansas Contested Election. Speech of Hon. S. Galloway, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, March 17, 1856, On the Resolution reported by the Committee of Elections in the Contested Election Case from the Territory of Kansas. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 8vo, 7, [1] pp. Self wrappers, uncut. Sabin 26446. 

2. David Ritchie (1812-1867). Power of Congress Over the Territories. Speech of Hon. David Ritchie, of Penn. in the House of Representatives, April 24, 1856. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 8vo, 14 pp. Self wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 71567.

3. Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813-1884). Politics of the Country. Speech of Hon. I. Washburn, Jr., of Maine, In the House of Representatives, June 21, 1856.  Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 8vo, 14, [1] pp. Self wrappers. 

4. Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880). Admission of Kansas. Speech of Hon. L.F.S. Foster, of Connecticut, in the Senate of the United States, June 25, 1856. Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 8vo, 16 pp. Disbound. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 25252. RARE. No copies ever sold at auction. 

5. Subduing Freedom in Kansas. Report of the Congressional Committee, Presented in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 1, 1856. [New York: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Office, 1856]. 8vo, 31, [1] pp. Self wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Bradford 2781; Sabin 37092, 93347.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation] [Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets]