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... Jefferson Davis - Rebellion Without Excuse - Slavery the Cor- ner - Stone of the Confederacy - Counting Electoral Votes by Con- gress - Lincoln Leaves Springfield for Washington - His Journey -Assassination Plot - His Arrival ...
... Jefferson Davis - Rebellion Without Excuse - Slavery the Cor- ner - Stone of the Confederacy - Counting Electoral Votes by Con- gress - Lincoln Leaves Springfield for Washington - His Journey -Assassination Plot - His Arrival ...
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... Jefferson Davis , Mississippi , admitted into the Union in 1817 . In 1803 , the United States purchased for fifteen millions of dollars from France , the territory of Louisiana , where , at that time , there were 40,000 slaves . - In ...
... Jefferson Davis , Mississippi , admitted into the Union in 1817 . In 1803 , the United States purchased for fifteen millions of dollars from France , the territory of Louisiana , where , at that time , there were 40,000 slaves . - In ...
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... Davis , John P. Hale , General John A. Dix , Daniel S. Dickinson , William L. Dayton , Simon Cameron , Mason and Hunter , from Virginia , John C. Calhoun , John J. Crittenden , Thomas Corwin , Jefferson Davis , Henry 8. Foote , Thomas H ...
... Davis , John P. Hale , General John A. Dix , Daniel S. Dickinson , William L. Dayton , Simon Cameron , Mason and Hunter , from Virginia , John C. Calhoun , John J. Crittenden , Thomas Corwin , Jefferson Davis , Henry 8. Foote , Thomas H ...
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... Jefferson Davis , of curious interest . Mr. Davis expressed his concurrence not only with the message of the President , but his hearty approbation of the high motives that actuated him when he wrote it . Apparently looking forward to ...
... Jefferson Davis , of curious interest . Mr. Davis expressed his concurrence not only with the message of the President , but his hearty approbation of the high motives that actuated him when he wrote it . Apparently looking forward to ...
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... Jefferson Davis declared , in 1858 , that in the event of the election of an abolition president , Mississippi must seek her safety outside of the Union . The proud , overbearing aristocracy of the slave States , grown wealthy by the ...
... Jefferson Davis declared , in 1858 , that in the event of the election of an abolition president , Mississippi must seek her safety outside of the Union . The proud , overbearing aristocracy of the slave States , grown wealthy by the ...
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