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Page 213
... took over the whole corpus of United States law lock , stock and barrel , with the exception of any acts explicitly repealed or held to be in conflict with the new constitution . ( Although the constitution provided for a supreme court ...
... took over the whole corpus of United States law lock , stock and barrel , with the exception of any acts explicitly repealed or held to be in conflict with the new constitution . ( Although the constitution provided for a supreme court ...
Page 507
... took to itself all manner of special powers in legislation which created new war crimes , confiscated property , offered freedom to slaves and conscripted men into the army . On the other hand , Lincoln and those who thought like him ...
... took to itself all manner of special powers in legislation which created new war crimes , confiscated property , offered freedom to slaves and conscripted men into the army . On the other hand , Lincoln and those who thought like him ...
Page 603
... took scores of Negro lives . In both cases the local police had led the attack upon the blacks , but Johnson took no action . Meanwhile , the president was heavily involved in a third - party movement designed to give him a solid power ...
... took scores of Negro lives . In both cases the local police had led the attack upon the blacks , but Johnson took no action . Meanwhile , the president was heavily involved in a third - party movement designed to give him a solid power ...
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