Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

of the debate on the pass- age of the act exists. It was stormy, no doubt. North Carolina's meaning was plain. Kentucky, in 1792, and Tennessee, in 1798, were admitted from this territory as slave States. To forestall this, Vermont was admitted as a free State in 1791, and we had eight slave and