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Page 107
... United States . Like all his interrogatories , they were few in number , brief , and to the point . The President was asked to state , first , whether the spot on which the blood was shed " was , or was not , within the territories of ...
... United States . Like all his interrogatories , they were few in number , brief , and to the point . The President was asked to state , first , whether the spot on which the blood was shed " was , or was not , within the territories of ...
Page 133
... United States Territory , in any lawful way , against the wish of any citizen of the United States , exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitu- tion ? Q. Three . If the Supreme Court of the United States ...
... United States Territory , in any lawful way , against the wish of any citizen of the United States , exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitu- tion ? Q. Three . If the Supreme Court of the United States ...
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... United States , whether back to Africa or to some other place . As his legal justification for the emancipation ... United States by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander - in - Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States ...
... United States , whether back to Africa or to some other place . As his legal justification for the emancipation ... United States by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander - in - Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States ...
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