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... slavery . ] Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution ...
... slavery . ] Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution ...
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... slavery sort . We know Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us . How little they know whereof they speak ! There is no perma- Twenty - five years nent class of hired laborers amongst us . ago ...
... slavery sort . We know Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us . How little they know whereof they speak ! There is no perma- Twenty - five years nent class of hired laborers amongst us . ago ...
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... slavery , or exclude it , as they may see fit . In this shape the bill passed both branches of Congress and became a law . I This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise . The foregoing history may not be precisely accurate in every ...
... slavery , or exclude it , as they may see fit . In this shape the bill passed both branches of Congress and became a law . I This is the repeal of the Missouri Compromise . The foregoing history may not be precisely accurate in every ...
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... slaves under any circumstances , and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew if it were out of existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves , go North and be- come tip - top Abolitionists , while some Northern ...
... slaves under any circumstances , and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew if it were out of existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves , go North and be- come tip - top Abolitionists , while some Northern ...
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... slavery than our ordinary criminal laws are to hang an innocent one . But all this , to my judgment , furnishes no more excuse for permitting slavery to go into our own free territory than it would for reviving the African slave - trade ...
... slavery than our ordinary criminal laws are to hang an innocent one . But all this , to my judgment , furnishes no more excuse for permitting slavery to go into our own free territory than it would for reviving the African slave - trade ...
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