{"product_id":"1832-john-sergeant-select-speeches-of-john-sergeant-of-pennsylvania","title":"1832 JOHN SERGEANT. Select Speeches on Slavery in Missouri \u0026 in Defense of the Cherokee Nation's Sovereignty.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA much-used example of John Sergeant’s 1832 influential, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"21\"\u003eSelect Speeches. \u003c\/i\u003eHis often expansive and highly detailed discourses played a significant role in legislative and legal history as it pertains both to early support for anti-slavery ideals and the defense of Native American sovereignty. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe speeches contain, among others, Sergeant's influential, extensive speech on the Missouri Question, delivered in the House of Representatives. It was perhaps \u003cem\u003ethe \u003c\/em\u003elandmark legal and moral argument against the expansion of slavery into new Western territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume also includes his historic legal argument \u003cem\u003eas lead counsel\u003c\/em\u003e for the Cherokee Nation in the monumental Supreme Court case \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"605\"\u003eCherokee Nation v. Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e. In this argument, Sergeant vigorously defended Indigenous land rights and sovereignty against state encroachment, making the book a cornerstone text for understanding the early federal debates over forced Indian removal and the constitutional battles surrounding human rights and tribal autonomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInexplicably scarce on the market; no copies in the trade at the time of cataloging and none we trace at auction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSergeant, John [1779-1852, Representative from Pennsylvania]. Select Speeches of John Sergeant of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. E. L. Carey \u0026amp; A. Hart - Chestnut Street. 1832. 367pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFair only, quarter cloth with paper boards, heavily rubbed, some staining. Period ex library in pastedown. Rear board has significant bump near upper meeting with spine. Moderately foxed throughout. For all that, reasonably solid and quite scarce on the market. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039629410340,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/07-13-2026SpecsFineBooks-14.jpg?v=1783990726","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1832-john-sergeant-select-speeches-of-john-sergeant-of-pennsylvania","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}