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... slaves , and the order - loving citizens of the land of steady habits . Whatever then their cause may be , it is common to the whole country . It would be tedious as well as useless to recount the horrors of all of them . Those ...
... slaves , and the order - loving citizens of the land of steady habits . Whatever then their cause may be , it is common to the whole country . It would be tedious as well as useless to recount the horrors of all of them . Those ...
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... slaves or enslaving freemen . Is it un- reasonable , then , to expect that some man possessed of the loftiest genius , coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch , will at some time spring up among us ? And when ...
... slaves or enslaving freemen . Is it un- reasonable , then , to expect that some man possessed of the loftiest genius , coupled with ambition sufficient to push it to its utmost stretch , will at some time spring up among us ? And when ...
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... slaves of them ; or confiscate their prop- erty . How , then , can we make much out of this part of the territory ? If the prosecution of the war has in expenses already equaled the better half of the country , how 54 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... slaves of them ; or confiscate their prop- erty . How , then , can we make much out of this part of the territory ? If the prosecution of the war has in expenses already equaled the better half of the country , how 54 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
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... slave - master himself has a concep- tion of it , and hence the system of tasks among slaves . The slave whom you cannot drive with the lash to break seventy- five pounds of hemp in a day , if you will task him to break a hundred , and ...
... slave - master himself has a concep- tion of it , and hence the system of tasks among slaves . The slave whom you cannot drive with the lash to break seventy- five pounds of hemp in a day , if you will task him to break a hundred , and ...
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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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