American Speeches, 

Included are Patrick Henrys liberty or death speech, George Washingtons appeal to mutinous army officers, and Henry Lees eulogy of Washington. Speeches by John Randolph and Henry Clay capture the political passions of the early republic, while three addresses by Daniel Webster--his first Bunker Hill oration, his second reply to Hayne, and his controversial endorsement of the Compromise of 1850--demonstrate the eloquence that made him the most renowned orator of his time.

American speeches by figures that did not hold office are included as well: union leader Ely Moore attacking economic aristocracy; womans rights speeches by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth; Henry Highland Garnets incendiary call for slave rebellion; Frederick Douglasss scathing What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? John C. Calhouns defense of slavery, Charles Sumners The Crime Against Kansas, Alexander Stephenss Corner-Stone speech, and several speeches by Abraham Lincoln reflect the sectional conflicts that culminated in the Civil War.