Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing...Harper, 1905 - United States |
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... slavery men tion , and matters seemed very dark for had an overwhelming majority in the the pro - slavery party in Kansas , when legislature , for Missourians had gone over President Pierce , in a message to Con- the border by hundreds ...
... slavery men tion , and matters seemed very dark for had an overwhelming majority in the the pro - slavery party in Kansas , when legislature , for Missourians had gone over President Pierce , in a message to Con- the border by hundreds ...
Page 208
... slavery , " or " For the constitu- two printing - offices , and plundered stores tion without slavery " ; SO in either and houses . The free - labor party were case a constitution that protected and furnished with arms from the free ...
... slavery , " or " For the constitu- two printing - offices , and plundered stores tion without slavery " ; SO in either and houses . The free - labor party were case a constitution that protected and furnished with arms from the free ...
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... slavery is morally right and socially elevating , they cannot cease to demand a full national recognition of it as a legal right and a social blessing . Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground save our conviction that slavery ...
... slavery is morally right and socially elevating , they cannot cease to demand a full national recognition of it as a legal right and a social blessing . Nor can we justifiably withhold this on any ground save our conviction that slavery ...
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