The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... slavery . I speak on due consideration , because Britain , France , and Mexico , have abolished slavery , and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can . We cannot establish slavery , because there ...
... slavery . I speak on due consideration , because Britain , France , and Mexico , have abolished slavery , and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can . We cannot establish slavery , because there ...
Page 77
... slavery , African slavery is the worst , for it combines practically the features of what is distinguished as real slavery or serfdom with the personal slavery known in the oriental world . Its domestic features lead to vice , while its ...
... slavery , African slavery is the worst , for it combines practically the features of what is distinguished as real slavery or serfdom with the personal slavery known in the oriental world . Its domestic features lead to vice , while its ...
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... slavery shall cease within the national capital ? You say that you will not submit to the exclusion of slaves from ... slavery then by the sword ? You insist that you cannot submit to the freedom with which slavery is discussed in the ...
... slavery shall cease within the national capital ? You say that you will not submit to the exclusion of slaves from ... slavery then by the sword ? You insist that you cannot submit to the freedom with which slavery is discussed in the ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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