The History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... passed away , and we are entering upon a new era ; a destiny now dawns upon us of a great continental republic , freed from slavery , and based upon the grand idea of human liberty ; recognizing God as the common Father , and the ...
... passed away , and we are entering upon a new era ; a destiny now dawns upon us of a great continental republic , freed from slavery , and based upon the grand idea of human liberty ; recognizing God as the common Father , and the ...
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... passed through the convulsions of this war , and retained intact the old , time- honored safeguards of individual ... passing description , in the numbers engaged , in the sad list of killed and wounded , and in the terrible engines of ...
... passed through the convulsions of this war , and retained intact the old , time- honored safeguards of individual ... passing description , in the numbers engaged , in the sad list of killed and wounded , and in the terrible engines of ...
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... passed , has purified and ennobled it . The soldiers of Grant and Sherman , Thomas and Sheridan , who marched from Cairo to Savannah , from the Potomac to New Orleans , will feel that the country is now doubly dear to them . They have ...
... passed , has purified and ennobled it . The soldiers of Grant and Sherman , Thomas and Sheridan , who marched from Cairo to Savannah , from the Potomac to New Orleans , will feel that the country is now doubly dear to them . They have ...
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... passed reso- lutions denouncing slavery , and Christians almost universally bore testimony against it as immoral and against the spirit of the teachings of Christ . The Methodist , the Presbyterian and the Baptist denominations were ...
... passed reso- lutions denouncing slavery , and Christians almost universally bore testimony against it as immoral and against the spirit of the teachings of Christ . The Methodist , the Presbyterian and the Baptist denominations were ...
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... passed a law for gradual abolition . Pennsylvania , in 1780 , passed a law for gradual emancipa- tion . In 1799 , New York adopted measures for gradual emancipation , and New Jersey in 1804 . Slavery was thus rapidly disappearing ...
... passed a law for gradual abolition . Pennsylvania , in 1780 , passed a law for gradual emancipa- tion . In 1799 , New York adopted measures for gradual emancipation , and New Jersey in 1804 . Slavery was thus rapidly disappearing ...
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