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... Negro in actual slavery in a free state , makes him free , as against the holder , the United States courts will not decide , but will leave to be decided by the courts of any slave state the Negro may be forced into by the master ...
... Negro in actual slavery in a free state , makes him free , as against the holder , the United States courts will not decide , but will leave to be decided by the courts of any slave state the Negro may be forced into by the master ...
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... Negro . " I hold , " he asserted , " that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States . I hold that this government was made on the white basis , by white men , for the benefit of white men and none others . I do ...
... Negro . " I hold , " he asserted , " that a Negro is not and never ought to be a citizen of the United States . I hold that this government was made on the white basis , by white men , for the benefit of white men and none others . I do ...
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... Negro must not be a slave within our limits , but we have also decided that the Negro shall not be a citizen within our limits ; that he shall not vote , hold office , or exercise any political rights . I maintain that Illinois , as a ...
... Negro must not be a slave within our limits , but we have also decided that the Negro shall not be a citizen within our limits ; that he shall not vote , hold office , or exercise any political rights . I maintain that Illinois , as a ...
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