The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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... Federal pact , the right or wrong of Secession , the extension or restriction of Slavery under our National flag , etc. , etc. , is on record ; and we know , beyond the possibility of mistake , its precise terms as well as its general ...
... Federal pact , the right or wrong of Secession , the extension or restriction of Slavery under our National flag , etc. , etc. , is on record ; and we know , beyond the possibility of mistake , its precise terms as well as its general ...
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... Federal Constitution , then being framed ; and in this shape the entire Ordinance was adopted , July 13 , by the unanimous vote of the States then represented in Congress , inclu- ding Georgia and the Carolinas ; no effort having been ...
... Federal Constitution , then being framed ; and in this shape the entire Ordinance was adopted , July 13 , by the unanimous vote of the States then represented in Congress , inclu- ding Georgia and the Carolinas ; no effort having been ...
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... Federal Convention , may be shown in the following : " It were , doubtless , to be wished that the power of prohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808 ; or rather , that it had been suffered to have ...
... Federal Convention , may be shown in the following : " It were , doubtless , to be wished that the power of prohibiting the importation of slaves had not been postponed until the year 1808 ; or rather , that it had been suffered to have ...
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... Federal Constitution , and the provi- sions incorporated in that instrument looking to a complete suppression of the Slave - Trade after twenty years , our Congress , on the 22d day of March , 1794 , passed an act forbidding and pun ...
... Federal Constitution , and the provi- sions incorporated in that instrument looking to a complete suppression of the Slave - Trade after twenty years , our Congress , on the 22d day of March , 1794 , passed an act forbidding and pun ...
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... Federal pact . The old Confed- eration had known nothing like it ; yet no one asserted that the want of an inter - State Fugitive Slave law slaves are considered merely as property , and in no respect whatever as persons . The true ...
... Federal pact . The old Confed- eration had known nothing like it ; yet no one asserted that the want of an inter - State Fugitive Slave law slaves are considered merely as property , and in no respect whatever as persons . The true ...
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