The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion ...H. Bill, 1863 - United States |
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... escape his pen , distorted by untruthfulness or exaggeration . He has a story to tell of infamous crime , and of noble virtues . He wishes to tell it so truthfully , with such candor , with such expressions of abhorrence of foul treason ...
... escape his pen , distorted by untruthfulness or exaggeration . He has a story to tell of infamous crime , and of noble virtues . He wishes to tell it so truthfully , with such candor , with such expressions of abhorrence of foul treason ...
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... escaping from the one realm pursued by their masters with shotted guns and bloodhounds . In the other they are received with Christian sympathy . Their wounds are washed , their fetters filed off , and their famished bodies fed , while ...
... escaping from the one realm pursued by their masters with shotted guns and bloodhounds . In the other they are received with Christian sympathy . Their wounds are washed , their fetters filed off , and their famished bodies fed , while ...
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... escaped therefrom . 7. Congress shall recognise and protect as property , what is held to be such by the laws of any ... escape from persecution there to the Free States , the United States would be bound to pursue him , to seize him as ...
... escaped therefrom . 7. Congress shall recognise and protect as property , what is held to be such by the laws of any ... escape from persecution there to the Free States , the United States would be bound to pursue him , to seize him as ...
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... escape . The writer of these pages was in December of 1860 , riding by night , in the cars from Washington to Philadelphia . A very intelligent gentleman , from Delaware , entered the cars and took a seat by his side . The all ...
... escape . The writer of these pages was in December of 1860 , riding by night , in the cars from Washington to Philadelphia . A very intelligent gentleman , from Delaware , entered the cars and took a seat by his side . The all ...
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... escape their awful doom , the most awful that can befall a mortal , -slavery for them- selves and their offspring , forever ? Here is a little family , perhaps a Chris- • tian family , with but a slight admixture of CAUSE OF THE ...
... escape their awful doom , the most awful that can befall a mortal , -slavery for them- selves and their offspring , forever ? Here is a little family , perhaps a Chris- • tian family , with but a slight admixture of CAUSE OF THE ...
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