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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... hundred thousand square miles . At several inviting localities , the " clearings " were push- ed two or three hundred miles west- ward , to the bases and more fertile valleys of the eastern slope of the Alleghanies ; and there were ...
... hundred thousand square miles . At several inviting localities , the " clearings " were push- ed two or three hundred miles west- ward , to the bases and more fertile valleys of the eastern slope of the Alleghanies ; and there were ...
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... hundred miles of tide- water , the cost of transporting bulky staples , for even that distance , over the execrable roads that then existed , was about equal to the present charge for transportation from Illinois to New York . Industry ...
... hundred miles of tide- water , the cost of transporting bulky staples , for even that distance , over the execrable roads that then existed , was about equal to the present charge for transportation from Illinois to New York . Industry ...
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... hundred men , stung to madness by the snow - shower of writs to which they could not respond , and execu- tions which they had no means of satisfying , undertook to relieve them- selves from intolerable infestation , and save their ...
... hundred men , stung to madness by the snow - shower of writs to which they could not respond , and execu- tions which they had no means of satisfying , undertook to relieve them- selves from intolerable infestation , and save their ...
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... hundred OUR COUNTRY IN 1859-60 . 23 with twelve thousand two. means intolerable . It is not too much to assume that ... Hundred Thousand to about Three Millions of square miles . Its population , excluding the Aboriginal savages , had ...
... hundred OUR COUNTRY IN 1859-60 . 23 with twelve thousand two. means intolerable . It is not too much to assume that ... Hundred Thousand to about Three Millions of square miles . Its population , excluding the Aboriginal savages , had ...
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... hundred and sixty teachers and two hundred and sixty - three thousand and ninety- six pupils ; eighty thousand nine hundred and seventy - eight Common Schools , with three millions three hundred and fifty - four thousand and eleven ...
... hundred and sixty teachers and two hundred and sixty - three thousand and ninety- six pupils ; eighty thousand nine hundred and seventy - eight Common Schools , with three millions three hundred and fifty - four thousand and eleven ...
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