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If a runaway slave from Virginia or Kentucky managed to get across the border he was fed and secreted by abolitionists , who passed him from one house to another until he reached Canada , or some other safe refuge .
If a runaway slave from Virginia or Kentucky managed to get across the border he was fed and secreted by abolitionists , who passed him from one house to another until he reached Canada , or some other safe refuge .
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The Credit Mobilier scandal had hardly passed into history before Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open ...
The Credit Mobilier scandal had hardly passed into history before Congress became involved in another financial affair called the Back Pay Grab . This particular grab was different from the other grabs of the epoch in that it was open ...
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To meet the situation Congress passed in May , 1870 , an Enforcement Act , which was designed to make the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment effective . Later on another section of the Enforcement Act came into being .
To meet the situation Congress passed in May , 1870 , an Enforcement Act , which was designed to make the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment effective . Later on another section of the Enforcement Act came into being .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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