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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... territory northwest of the Ohio , and to the soil also of that territory , subject to the reservation in behalf of her soldiers already noted . rally each possess a vast area of unpeo- | their respective charters , now known pled ...
... territory northwest of the Ohio , and to the soil also of that territory , subject to the reservation in behalf of her soldiers already noted . rally each possess a vast area of unpeo- | their respective charters , now known pled ...
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... territory , raising a Select âš« Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An Ordinance for the government of the Territories of the United States northwest of ...
... territory , raising a Select âš« Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An Ordinance for the government of the Territories of the United States northwest of ...
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... Territory . No " ART . 2. The inhabitants of the said Territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the right of habeas corpus , and to the trial by jury ; of a pro- portionate representation of the people in the Legislature ...
... Territory . No " ART . 2. The inhabitants of the said Territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the right of habeas corpus , and to the trial by jury ; of a pro- portionate representation of the people in the Legislature ...
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... territory - now constituting the State of Tennessee- to the Federal Union . She exacted and required Congress to assent to this , among other conditions : " Provided always , that no regulation made , or to be made , by Congress , shall ...
... territory - now constituting the State of Tennessee- to the Federal Union . She exacted and required Congress to assent to this , among other conditions : " Provided always , that no regulation made , or to be made , by Congress , shall ...
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... territory of the United States ; which ordinance shall , in all its parts , extend to the territory con- tained in the present act of cession , the arti- cle only excepted which forbids Slavery . " Congress was thus precluded , by the ...
... territory of the United States ; which ordinance shall , in all its parts , extend to the territory con- tained in the present act of cession , the arti- cle only excepted which forbids Slavery . " Congress was thus precluded , by the ...
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