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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... citizens in the Slave - Trade to foreign countries , which had long been very zealously pursued and protected by Great Britain as a large and lucrative branch of her foreign commerce and navigation . In 1800 , our Congress passed a ...
... citizens in the Slave - Trade to foreign countries , which had long been very zealously pursued and protected by Great Britain as a large and lucrative branch of her foreign commerce and navigation . In 1800 , our Congress passed a ...
Page 50
... citizens . But , in proportion as Slaves are multiplied , every kind of labor be- be ceded to be governed by some future act . The assumption , how- ever , that there was between the North and the South an original and subsisting ...
... citizens . But , in proportion as Slaves are multiplied , every kind of labor be- be ceded to be governed by some future act . The assumption , how- ever , that there was between the North and the South an original and subsisting ...
Page 56
... citizens , in satisfaction of their right- hitherto accruing to the Republican or Democratic party from our rela- tions with Europe , and our sympa- thies with one or the other of the parties which divided her , would be transferred at ...
... citizens , in satisfaction of their right- hitherto accruing to the Republican or Democratic party from our rela- tions with Europe , and our sympa- thies with one or the other of the parties which divided her , would be transferred at ...
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... citizens of the United States . 57 | And , in the mean time , they should be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty , prop erty , and the religion which they professed . " . A just - no , even a liter- al ...
... citizens of the United States . 57 | And , in the mean time , they should be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty , prop erty , and the religion which they professed . " . A just - no , even a liter- al ...
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... citizens of all parties , asserted the complete author- ity of Congress over the subject , and Restriction on those grounds of expediency , morality , and justice , with which thoughtful read- ers are by this time abundantly fa- miliar ...
... citizens of all parties , asserted the complete author- ity of Congress over the subject , and Restriction on those grounds of expediency , morality , and justice , with which thoughtful read- ers are by this time abundantly fa- miliar ...
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