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... equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights , that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ' . More than eighty years later , in the course of their great debates in 1858 , Abraham ...
... equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights , that among these are life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ' . More than eighty years later , in the course of their great debates in 1858 , Abraham ...
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... equal pay on enlistment , refused to accept any pay for two years until the injustice was put right . ) The abolitionists spearheaded the demand for equal pay , and Secretary of War Stanton recommended it at the end of 1863. But ...
... equal pay on enlistment , refused to accept any pay for two years until the injustice was put right . ) The abolitionists spearheaded the demand for equal pay , and Secretary of War Stanton recommended it at the end of 1863. But ...
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... equal pay on enlistment , refused to accept any pay for two years until the injustice was put right . ) The abolitionists spearheaded the demand for equal pay , and Secretary of War Stanton recommended it at the end of 1863. But ...
... equal pay on enlistment , refused to accept any pay for two years until the injustice was put right . ) The abolitionists spearheaded the demand for equal pay , and Secretary of War Stanton recommended it at the end of 1863. But ...
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