The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... immediately following the revolution , is full of evidence that many of the leading men of nearly every State looked upon slavery with abhorrence , and were impatient for its entire abolition . Mr. Iredell of North Carolina , 26 LINCOLN ...
... immediately following the revolution , is full of evidence that many of the leading men of nearly every State looked upon slavery with abhorrence , and were impatient for its entire abolition . Mr. Iredell of North Carolina , 26 LINCOLN ...
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... immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in slavery . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy soon grew up , which in its ar- rogance , in progress of time proclaimed that " cotton is king . " An immense ...
... immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in slavery . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy soon grew up , which in its ar- rogance , in progress of time proclaimed that " cotton is king . " An immense ...
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... immediately seen by the friends of the bill , that under this rule , the discussion might be continued indefinitely and never brought to a vote . Then the keen intellect and shrewd parliamentary tactics of Stephens were again brought ...
... immediately seen by the friends of the bill , that under this rule , the discussion might be continued indefinitely and never brought to a vote . Then the keen intellect and shrewd parliamentary tactics of Stephens were again brought ...
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... immediately to occupy and con- trol it . The people of the free States , defeated and betrayed at Washington , resolved to prevent it . Douglas , and a large portion of the democratic party , defended their action on the subject , by ...
... immediately to occupy and con- trol it . The people of the free States , defeated and betrayed at Washington , resolved to prevent it . Douglas , and a large portion of the democratic party , defended their action on the subject , by ...
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... immediately a leader , was Stephen A. Douglas , who had been admitted to the bar in 1834 , O. H. Browning , late Senator , admitted in 1835 , Abraham Lincoln , Lyman Trumbull , Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a dis- tinguished ...
... immediately a leader , was Stephen A. Douglas , who had been admitted to the bar in 1834 , O. H. Browning , late Senator , admitted in 1835 , Abraham Lincoln , Lyman Trumbull , Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a dis- tinguished ...
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