The Negro and the Nation: A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement |
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Abolitionists administration American anti-slavery bill Breckinridge Calhoun cause character civil Clay common compromise Congress Constitution convention court debate declared Democrats disunion Douglas Dred Scott election emancipation England favor Federal force Free Soil party Free-State Freedmen's Bureau freedom Garrison gave Georgia Governor heart held hostility House human industrial interest Jefferson John Brown Kansas labor later leaders Legislature liberty Lincoln Louisiana majority Massachusetts master ment Mississippi Missouri Missouri compromise moral natural negro never North Northern organized passion peace plantation political popular practical President Presidential principles question race Republican party seceded secession seemed Senate sentiment Seward slave-holding slavery social society South Carolina Southern speech spirit stood strong suffrage Sumner Supreme temper territory tion Toombs Uncle Tom's Cabin Union Union army United victory Virginia vote Webster Whigs whole words wrong