Slaveholding State Quotes
- I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon… — Stephen A. Douglas
- The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was… — John Henninger Reagan
- Every intelligent person whose life has been passed in a slaveholding State, and who has carefully observed the character and capacity of the African race,… — Roger B. Taney