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... land policy , internal improve- ments , promotion of railroads , and , of course , in opposition to the extension of slavery . The Republican party was the clearest political expression of the new alignment , and an issue like the ...
... land policy , internal improve- ments , promotion of railroads , and , of course , in opposition to the extension of slavery . The Republican party was the clearest political expression of the new alignment , and an issue like the ...
Page 55
... land claims and personal feuds were caught up in the wider struggle . ( The line between a crusader against slavery and a horse thief was not always easy to draw on the Kansas frontier . ) A pro - slavery raid on Lawrence was followed ...
... land claims and personal feuds were caught up in the wider struggle . ( The line between a crusader against slavery and a horse thief was not always easy to draw on the Kansas frontier . ) A pro - slavery raid on Lawrence was followed ...
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... land , as the only real guarantee of both his liberty and his livelihood . But he did not have the money , and he was seldom given the opportunity , to buy or rent land . What the South needed was a system in which the planter would ...
... land , as the only real guarantee of both his liberty and his livelihood . But he did not have the money , and he was seldom given the opportunity , to buy or rent land . What the South needed was a system in which the planter would ...
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