The Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois, Together with Certain Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc |
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Page v
... slavery had been excluded . The Kansas - Nebraska Bill not only threw open a great territory to slavery but re - opened the whole slavery discussion . The issues that were brought to the front in the discussions about this bill , and in ...
... slavery had been excluded . The Kansas - Nebraska Bill not only threw open a great territory to slavery but re - opened the whole slavery discussion . The issues that were brought to the front in the discussions about this bill , and in ...
Page vi
... slavery could be restricted to the States in which it was already in existence , if no further States should be admitted into the Union , with the burden of slavery , the institution must , in the course of a generation or two , die out ...
... slavery could be restricted to the States in which it was already in existence , if no further States should be admitted into the Union , with the burden of slavery , the institution must , in the course of a generation or two , die out ...
Page vii
... slavery . The position of the Southern leaders , in which they had the substantial backing their constituents , was that slaves were property and that the Constitution , having guaranteed the protection of property to all the citizens ...
... slavery . The position of the Southern leaders , in which they had the substantial backing their constituents , was that slaves were property and that the Constitution , having guaranteed the protection of property to all the citizens ...
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... slavery in the States in which it existed . The Whigs of 1850 , held , therefore , that in such of the Slave States as had been part of the original thirteen , slavery was an institution to be recognised and protected under the law of ...
... slavery in the States in which it existed . The Whigs of 1850 , held , therefore , that in such of the Slave States as had been part of the original thirteen , slavery was an institution to be recognised and protected under the law of ...
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... slavery . The men of the future State of Kansas made during 1856-57 a plucky fight to keep slavery out of their borders . The so - called Lecompton Constitution undertook to force slavery upon Kansas . This constitution was declared by ...
... slavery . The men of the future State of Kansas made during 1856-57 a plucky fight to keep slavery out of their borders . The so - called Lecompton Constitution undertook to force slavery upon Kansas . This constitution was declared by ...
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