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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... Slavery - Cotton - Military training - Army Officers - Northern sympathy with the South ' -The heart of the People ... Slavery and the Union - Mr . Crittenden's resolve -- Proposals to Compromise - Confisca- tion of Slaves used to ...
... Slavery - Cotton - Military training - Army Officers - Northern sympathy with the South ' -The heart of the People ... Slavery and the Union - Mr . Crittenden's resolve -- Proposals to Compromise - Confisca- tion of Slaves used to ...
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... SLAVERY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION . SLAVERY AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 25 the tender orphan ,. VICE , whether individual or gene- ral , is ever conceived in darkness and cradled in obscurity . It challenges observation only in its hardy matu- rity ...
... SLAVERY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION . SLAVERY AMONG THE ANCIENTS . 25 the tender orphan ,. VICE , whether individual or gene- ral , is ever conceived in darkness and cradled in obscurity . It challenges observation only in its hardy matu- rity ...
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... Slavery, from 17 Horace Greeley. various national developments , was habitually corrupted , debauched , and ultimately ruined , by Slavery , which rendered labor dishonorable , and divided society horizontally into a small caste of the ...
... Slavery, from 17 Horace Greeley. various national developments , was habitually corrupted , debauched , and ultimately ruined , by Slavery , which rendered labor dishonorable , and divided society horizontally into a small caste of the ...
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... Slavery, from 17 Horace Greeley. ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA . indelibly soiled and stained by his undeniable and conspicuous implica- tion in the enslavement of the Abori- gines of this continent , so improperly termed Indians ...
... Slavery, from 17 Horace Greeley. ORIGIN OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN AMERICA . indelibly soiled and stained by his undeniable and conspicuous implica- tion in the enslavement of the Abori- gines of this continent , so improperly termed Indians ...
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... Slavery , indicates rather its weakness and poverty than its virtue . The proba- bility is that its planters bought the first slaves that were offered them ; at any rate , the first that they were able to pay for . When the Pilgrim ...
... Slavery , indicates rather its weakness and poverty than its virtue . The proba- bility is that its planters bought the first slaves that were offered them ; at any rate , the first that they were able to pay for . When the Pilgrim ...
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