The Creole Affair by Arthur T. Downey

Author:Arthur T. Downey
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

On May 5, 1842, Giddings’s northeastern Ohio constituents reelected him overwhelmingly (7,469 to 393) to the congressional seat he had just vacated. By late May, Giddings was back at his desk in the House of Representatives. Southern members were far from pleased that Giddings was back, and they tried unsuccessfully to prevent him from regaining his chairmanship of the committee on claims. At that time, it was common for slaveholders to bring claims for slaves that were lost. Shortly after Giddings’s return, such a claim was brought concerning slaves lost during the Florida war with the Seminoles. Giddings gave an Adams-like speech on the floor opposing the slave claim, but the claim prevailed.

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