But when a voice in our hearing

Whitman Archive Title: But when a voice in our hearing
Whitman Archive ID: loc.01018
Repository: Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839-1919, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Box: 32
Series: Literary File
Date: Between 1850 and 1855
Genre: prose
Physical Description: 1 leaf, handwritten
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Content: This manuscript discusses the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and issues of state sovereignty. It was probably written not long after the law's passage, likely between 1850 and 1855.