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... negro at St. Louis . He had forfeited his life by the per- petration of an outrageous murder upon one of the most worthy and respectable citizens of the city , and had he not died as he did , he must have died by the sentence of the law ...
... negro at St. Louis . He had forfeited his life by the per- petration of an outrageous murder upon one of the most worthy and respectable citizens of the city , and had he not died as he did , he must have died by the sentence of the law ...
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... negro , I wish to ask whether you of the South , yourselves , have ever been willing to do as much ? It is kindly provided that of all those who come into the world only a small percentage are natural tyrants . That percentage is no ...
... negro , I wish to ask whether you of the South , yourselves , have ever been willing to do as much ? It is kindly provided that of all those who come into the world only a small percentage are natural tyrants . That percentage is no ...
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... negro . If they deny this , let me address them a few plain questions . In 1820 you joined the North , almost unanimously , in declaring the African slave - trade piracy , and in annexing to it the punishment of death . Why did you do ...
... negro . If they deny this , let me address them a few plain questions . In 1820 you joined the North , almost unanimously , in declaring the African slave - trade piracy , and in annexing to it the punishment of death . Why did you do ...
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... negro has some natural right to himself — that those who deny it and make mere merchandise of him deserve kickings , con- tempt , and death . And now why will you ask us to deny the humanity of the slave , and estimate him as only the ...
... negro has some natural right to himself — that those who deny it and make mere merchandise of him deserve kickings , con- tempt , and death . And now why will you ask us to deny the humanity of the slave , and estimate him as only the ...
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... negro is not or is a man . If he is not a man , in that case he who is a man may as a matter of self - government do just what he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that extent a total destruction of self ...
... negro is not or is a man . If he is not a man , in that case he who is a man may as a matter of self - government do just what he pleases with him . But if the negro is a man , is it not to that extent a total destruction of self ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... Issue 2 of The unit books The unit books, no.2 |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Publisher | H.W. Bell, 1903 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 399 pages |
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