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... Schenectady - Visits the South as a Teacher - Returns to College - Position among the Students - GraduatesStudies Law with John Duer and Ogden Hoffman - Removes to AuburnCharacter as a Citizen and Lawyer - Opinions on Slavery ...
... Schenectady - Visits the South as a Teacher - Returns to College - Position among the Students - GraduatesStudies Law with John Duer and Ogden Hoffman - Removes to AuburnCharacter as a Citizen and Lawyer - Opinions on Slavery ...
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Theobald Matthew - Discipline in the Navy - The Right of Petition - On Gra ing Land to Emigrants — The CensusSearch for Sir John Franklin - Internal Improvements in New StatesThe Patent Laws - Peon Slavery – The Compromise Bill ...
Theobald Matthew - Discipline in the Navy - The Right of Petition - On Gra ing Land to Emigrants — The CensusSearch for Sir John Franklin - Internal Improvements in New StatesThe Patent Laws - Peon Slavery – The Compromise Bill ...
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The poor slave was in tears , and manifested great distress of mind . She was afraid to venture on the bridge , and the stream seemed too rapid and violent for the strength of her horse . She was reluctant te return to her master ...
The poor slave was in tears , and manifested great distress of mind . She was afraid to venture on the bridge , and the stream seemed too rapid and violent for the strength of her horse . She was reluctant te return to her master ...
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Mr. Seward first had occasion to express his convictions on the subject of slavery during the protracted struggle on the admission of Missouri into the Union . He perceived , at that early period , the subserviency to Southern influence ...
Mr. Seward first had occasion to express his convictions on the subject of slavery during the protracted struggle on the admission of Missouri into the Union . He perceived , at that early period , the subserviency to Southern influence ...
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In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward has been no fanatic . ... But he has refrained , with scrupulous care , from infringing on the constitutional rights of slave holders , or depriving them of any privilege to which they ...
In his measures with regard to slavery , Mr. Seward has been no fanatic . ... But he has refrained , with scrupulous care , from infringing on the constitutional rights of slave holders , or depriving them of any privilege to which they ...
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