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Page 11
... Constitution - Position of Mr. Douglas , . . . 144 CHAPTER XII . CONTEST FOR THE SENATORSHIP . Sketch of the previous History of Stephen A. Douglas - Mr . Lincoln's Opinion of him- Mr. Douglas opposes the Lecompton Constitution ...
... Constitution - Position of Mr. Douglas , . . . 144 CHAPTER XII . CONTEST FOR THE SENATORSHIP . Sketch of the previous History of Stephen A. Douglas - Mr . Lincoln's Opinion of him- Mr. Douglas opposes the Lecompton Constitution ...
Page 13
... Constitution and the Laws - He Recommends Gradual Emancipation - Conference with Members of Congress from the Border States - Address of the President - The Confiscation Act -Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia - Letter of ...
... Constitution and the Laws - He Recommends Gradual Emancipation - Conference with Members of Congress from the Border States - Address of the President - The Confiscation Act -Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia - Letter of ...
Page 15
... Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery - Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - Debate in the House of ... Constitution in Mary- land - Protest against the Tennessee Test Oath - The President's Reply - Call for 500,000 Men ...
... Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery - Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - Debate in the House of ... Constitution in Mary- land - Protest against the Tennessee Test Oath - The President's Reply - Call for 500,000 Men ...
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... Constitution abolishing Slavery- Call for 300,000 Men - Peace Conference in Hampton Roads - Mr . Lincoln's " Story " -Close of President Lincoln's First Term - His Re - Inauguration - His Inaugural Address - Resignation of Secretary ...
... Constitution abolishing Slavery- Call for 300,000 Men - Peace Conference in Hampton Roads - Mr . Lincoln's " Story " -Close of President Lincoln's First Term - His Re - Inauguration - His Inaugural Address - Resignation of Secretary ...
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... constitution as firm and flexible as whip - cord , he had arrived at his majority . The most that could be said of his education was that he could " read , write and cipher . " He knew nothing of English grammar . He could not read a ...
... constitution as firm and flexible as whip - cord , he had arrived at his majority . The most that could be said of his education was that he could " read , write and cipher . " He knew nothing of English grammar . He could not read a ...
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