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Page 378
... adoption of these measures . It is now more than fifty years since the last of these States adopted its system of emancipation . If the Nebraska bill is the real author of the benevolent works , it is rather deplorable that it has for ...
... adoption of these measures . It is now more than fifty years since the last of these States adopted its system of emancipation . If the Nebraska bill is the real author of the benevolent works , it is rather deplorable that it has for ...
Page 659
... adopt , there must be an energetic prosecution of it . " For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue ... adopted , I apprehend there is no danger of its being changed without good reason , or continuing to be a subject of ...
... adopt , there must be an energetic prosecution of it . " For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue ... adopted , I apprehend there is no danger of its being changed without good reason , or continuing to be a subject of ...
Page 707
... adopted , or thereafter may voluntarily adopt , gradual abolishment of slavery within such State or States ; that the object is to prac- tically restore , thenceforward to be maintained , the constitu- tional relation between the ...
... adopted , or thereafter may voluntarily adopt , gradual abolishment of slavery within such State or States ; that the object is to prac- tically restore , thenceforward to be maintained , the constitu- tional relation between the ...
Contents
Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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