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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... Mexico and annexing her to this country , though attempting much , has accomplished very little , toward the diffusion either of Freedom or Slavery . And so , much that now seems of momentous consequence will doubtless have shrunk , a ...
... Mexico and annexing her to this country , though attempting much , has accomplished very little , toward the diffusion either of Freedom or Slavery . And so , much that now seems of momentous consequence will doubtless have shrunk , a ...
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... Mexico - Wilmot Proviso ... 185 Gen. Cass - Letter to Nicholson - Gen . Taylor chosen President - Attempts by Gen. Burt , of S. C. , and by Senator Douglas , to extend the Compromise Line of 26 ° 30 ' to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle ...
... Mexico - Wilmot Proviso ... 185 Gen. Cass - Letter to Nicholson - Gen . Taylor chosen President - Attempts by Gen. Burt , of S. C. , and by Senator Douglas , to extend the Compromise Line of 26 ° 30 ' to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle ...
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... Mexico , in the summer of 1543 , glad to have escaped with their bare lives from the inhospitable swamps and savages they had so recklessly encountered . does not appear that any of them , nor even De Soto himself , had formed any ...
... Mexico , in the summer of 1543 , glad to have escaped with their bare lives from the inhospitable swamps and savages they had so recklessly encountered . does not appear that any of them , nor even De Soto himself , had formed any ...
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... Mexico , and con- sumed the better part of several years , closing in 1835. He also made a visit to the settlements in Canada , of fugitives from American Slavery , to inquire into the welfare of their inhabitants . On the 17th of May ...
... Mexico , and con- sumed the better part of several years , closing in 1835. He also made a visit to the settlements in Canada , of fugitives from American Slavery , to inquire into the welfare of their inhabitants . On the 17th of May ...
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... Mexico ; and a Spanish expedition under De Leon was dispatched to the Lavacca in 1689 to expel La Salle ; but , on en- tering that river , learned that he had been assassinated by one of his follow - rera , who directed the small ...
... Mexico ; and a Spanish expedition under De Leon was dispatched to the Lavacca in 1689 to expel La Salle ; but , on en- tering that river , learned that he had been assassinated by one of his follow - rera , who directed the small ...
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