Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 55
... negro defendant whose freedom was in question , though at the risk of prejudice to his political standing . Without resorting to the courts , he secured the release of a free negro of Illinois , who had landed from a steamer in New ...
... negro defendant whose freedom was in question , though at the risk of prejudice to his political standing . Without resorting to the courts , he secured the release of a free negro of Illinois , who had landed from a steamer in New ...
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... negro , let us beware how we " cancel and tear to pieces " even the white man's charter of freedom . Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust . Let us repurify it . . . . Let us re - adopt the Declaration of Independence ...
... negro , let us beware how we " cancel and tear to pieces " even the white man's charter of freedom . Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust . Let us repurify it . . . . Let us re - adopt the Declaration of Independence ...
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... negro can not sue in the United States Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court , dividing differently on the different points . Judicial decisions have two uses ...
... negro can not sue in the United States Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories . It was made by a divided court , dividing differently on the different points . Judicial decisions have two uses ...
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... negro the right of voting , the right has since been taken away ; and in the third New York - it has been greatly abridged , while it has not been extended , so far as I know , to a single addi- tional State , though the number of the ...
... negro the right of voting , the right has since been taken away ; and in the third New York - it has been greatly abridged , while it has not been extended , so far as I know , to a single addi- tional State , though the number of the ...
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... negro universal and eternal , it is assailed , sneered at , construed , hawked at , and torn , till , if its framers could rise from their graves , they could not at all recognize it . All the powers of the earth seem rapidly combining ...
... negro universal and eternal , it is assailed , sneered at , construed , hawked at , and torn , till , if its framers could rise from their graves , they could not at all recognize it . All the powers of the earth seem rapidly combining ...
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