The History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery |
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... Territories ; to repeal the Fugitive Slave Laws ; to put the sword into the hand of the slave , that he might achieve liberty for himself , his family , and his race ; and it was for you to crown all by the Constitutional amendment ...
... Territories ; to repeal the Fugitive Slave Laws ; to put the sword into the hand of the slave , that he might achieve liberty for himself , his family , and his race ; and it was for you to crown all by the Constitutional amendment ...
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... territorial area was being welded , connected and entwined together by a network of innumerable railways , telegraph lines , navigable rivers , roads and canals , into one great national unity . The school - house , the church , the ...
... territorial area was being welded , connected and entwined together by a network of innumerable railways , telegraph lines , navigable rivers , roads and canals , into one great national unity . The school - house , the church , the ...
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... territory adapted to the growth of cotton by negro labor . The immediate and enormous profits of cotton growing gave a power to slavery never before felt . Then immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in ...
... territory adapted to the growth of cotton by negro labor . The immediate and enormous profits of cotton growing gave a power to slavery never before felt . Then immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in ...
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... territory ceded for that purpose to the United States by Maryland and Virginia ; and all the slave laws of these two States in a mass were ex- tended over this territory , by which slavery was continued , in territory over which ...
... territory ceded for that purpose to the United States by Maryland and Virginia ; and all the slave laws of these two States in a mass were ex- tended over this territory , by which slavery was continued , in territory over which ...
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... territory of the United States , viz : Kentucky , Ten- nessee , Alabama and Mississippi ; and from new territory pur- chased for its expansion , it had secured four other States , namely : Louisiana , Missouri , Arkansas and Florida ...
... territory of the United States , viz : Kentucky , Ten- nessee , Alabama and Mississippi ; and from new territory pur- chased for its expansion , it had secured four other States , namely : Louisiana , Missouri , Arkansas and Florida ...
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