Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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Page 120
... Congress , and voted on the question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition- thus showing that , in their understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else ...
... Congress , and voted on the question . They were William Blount and William Few ; and they both voted for the prohibition- thus showing that , in their understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything else ...
Page 121
... Congress , on taking charge of these countries , did not absolutely prohibit slavery within them . But they did interfere with it - take control of it - even there , to a certain extent . In 1798 , Congress organized the Territory of ...
... Congress , on taking charge of these countries , did not absolutely prohibit slavery within them . But they did interfere with it - take control of it - even there , to a certain extent . In 1798 , Congress organized the Territory of ...
Page 123
... Congress , upon the various phases of the general ques- tion . Two of the " thirty - nine " -Rufus King and Charles Pinckney - were members of that Congress . Mr. King steadily voted for slavery prohibition and against all com- promises ...
... Congress , upon the various phases of the general ques- tion . Two of the " thirty - nine " -Rufus King and Charles Pinckney - were members of that Congress . Mr. King steadily voted for slavery prohibition and against all com- promises ...
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