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... slaves from the states to Nebraska , does not make slaves of freemen ; but the African slave - trader can say just as much . He does not catch free Negroes and bring them here . He finds them al- ready slaves in the hands of their black ...
... slaves from the states to Nebraska , does not make slaves of freemen ; but the African slave - trader can say just as much . He does not catch free Negroes and bring them here . He finds them al- ready slaves in the hands of their black ...
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... slave law ? " Answer . I do not now , nor ever did , stand in favor of the un- conditional repeal of the fugitive slave law . [ Cries of " good , " " good . " ] Q. 2. " I desire him to answer whether he stands pledged to- day , as he ...
... slave law ? " Answer . I do not now , nor ever did , stand in favor of the un- conditional repeal of the fugitive slave law . [ Cries of " good , " " good . " ] Q. 2. " I desire him to answer whether he stands pledged to- day , as he ...
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... slave code . Honestly believing in that decision , he cannot , without perjury , refuse to go the slave code . But he will refuse . He never lets the logic of principle , displace the logic of success . And then , when he thus turns ...
... slave code . Honestly believing in that decision , he cannot , without perjury , refuse to go the slave code . But he will refuse . He never lets the logic of principle , displace the logic of success . And then , when he thus turns ...
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