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... attempt to seize the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to arm the slaves . Sporadic attempts to run slaves from Africa to the United States had been made for years , but the severity of the law and the vigilance of the navy had ...
... attempt to seize the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to arm the slaves . Sporadic attempts to run slaves from Africa to the United States had been made for years , but the severity of the law and the vigilance of the navy had ...
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... attempt , which ends in little else than his own execution . Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon , and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry , were , in their philosophy , precisely the same . Yet , although Lincoln denounced John Brown ...
... attempt , which ends in little else than his own execution . Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon , and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry , were , in their philosophy , precisely the same . Yet , although Lincoln denounced John Brown ...
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... attempt upon Richmond was to get McClellan , when he was nearer there than the enemy was , to run in ahead of him ... attempting to follow him over a succession of in- trenched lines into a fortified city . PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING ...
... attempt upon Richmond was to get McClellan , when he was nearer there than the enemy was , to run in ahead of him ... attempting to follow him over a succession of in- trenched lines into a fortified city . PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING ...
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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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