Louis Wigfall Quotes

I said that one of the causes, and the one that has created more excitement and dissatisfaction than any other, is, that the Government will not hereafter, and when it is necessary, interpose to protect slaves as property in the Territories; and I asked the Senator if he would abandon his squatter-sovereignty notions and agree to protect slaves as all other property?

Louis Wigfall

War, Government, Territory

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Louis Wigfall

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Born: April 21, 1816
Died: February 18, 1874
Occupation: Former member of the United States Senate
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