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Page 11
... Slavery Question - He seeks for the Posi- tion of Commissioner of the General Land Office , but fails , .. CHAPTER X. 99 RETURN TO PRIVATE LIFE . - REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE . Mr. Lincoln returns to the Practice of his ...
... Slavery Question - He seeks for the Posi- tion of Commissioner of the General Land Office , but fails , .. CHAPTER X. 99 RETURN TO PRIVATE LIFE . - REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE . Mr. Lincoln returns to the Practice of his ...
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... Slavery - The State of Western Virginia Organized - Battles of Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain - Special Session of ... Slavery , . . . . 324 CHAPTER XXI . THE TRENT AFFAIR . THE GOVERNMENT AND SLAVERY . Capture of Mason and Slidell by ...
... Slavery - The State of Western Virginia Organized - Battles of Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain - Special Session of ... Slavery , . . . . 324 CHAPTER XXI . THE TRENT AFFAIR . THE GOVERNMENT AND SLAVERY . Capture of Mason and Slidell by ...
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... slavery . The state having outgrown , with marvelous rapidity , its ruder condi- tions , and become populous and powerful , was already the home of an institution which branded labor with disgrace , and made the position of the poor ...
... slavery . The state having outgrown , with marvelous rapidity , its ruder condi- tions , and become populous and powerful , was already the home of an institution which branded labor with disgrace , and made the position of the poor ...
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... slavery , or in favor of slaveholders in the exercise of their legal and constitutional rights . There were , in fact , a few hundred slaves living in the state at that time , as appears by the census tables , but by what law is not ...
... slavery , or in favor of slaveholders in the exercise of their legal and constitutional rights . There were , in fact , a few hundred slaves living in the state at that time , as appears by the census tables , but by what law is not ...
Page 70
... slavery char- acter , and the attempt was made to fix the stigma of aboli- tionism upon all who did not indorse them ... slavery in the different states , " and that while " the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to ...
... slavery char- acter , and the attempt was made to fix the stigma of aboli- tionism upon all who did not indorse them ... slavery in the different states , " and that while " the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to ...
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