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 after 1787 .. Persistent Hostility of Congress to Slavery Extension -Purchase of Louisiana - Eli Whitney and his Cot ton - Gin - Colonization . 41 49 VII . Missouri - the Struggle for Restriction . 74 Scott - Clay - Pinkney - P ...
... Slavery after 1787 .. Persistent Hostility of Congress to Slavery Extension -Purchase of Louisiana - Eli Whitney and his Cot ton - Gin - Colonization . 41 49 VII . Missouri - the Struggle for Restriction . 74 Scott - Clay - Pinkney - P ...
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... slaves into Portugal , was commanded to release them . He did so ; and the Moors gave him , as their ransom , not gold , but black Moors with curled hair . Thus negro slaves came into Eu- rope . " " In 1444 , Spain also took part in the ...
... slaves into Portugal , was commanded to release them . He did so ; and the Moors gave him , as their ransom , not gold , but black Moors with curled hair . Thus negro slaves came into Eu- rope . " " In 1444 , Spain also took part in the ...
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... slaves between Africa and Ame- rica . " - Holmes's Annals of America , vol . i . , p . 35 . " In 1563 , the English began to import negroes into the West Indies . Their first slave - trade was opened the preceding year on the coast of ...
... slaves between Africa and Ame- rica . " - Holmes's Annals of America , vol . i . , p . 35 . " In 1563 , the English began to import negroes into the West Indies . Their first slave - trade was opened the preceding year on the coast of ...
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... slaves and establishment of Slavery in the various British , Dutch , and Swedish Colonies , planted along the coast between the Penobscot and the Savannah rivers during the succeed- ing century . At the outset , it is cer- tain that the ...
... slaves and establishment of Slavery in the various British , Dutch , and Swedish Colonies , planted along the coast between the Penobscot and the Savannah rivers during the succeed- ing century . At the outset , it is cer- tain that the ...
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... slaves of Canaan had been by the Israelites under Joshua . Indian slavery , some- times forbidden by law , but usually tolerated , if not entirely approved , by public opinion , was among the early usages of New England ; and from this ...
... slaves of Canaan had been by the Israelites under Joshua . Indian slavery , some- times forbidden by law , but usually tolerated , if not entirely approved , by public opinion , was among the early usages of New England ; and from this ...
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