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Political. Ideas. 115 exactly clear why the Southern states expressed such indignation . In 1850 only 1,011 slaves ran away to the North , and ten years later , in 1860 , the number had diminished to 803. It is entirely probable that ...
Political. Ideas. 115 exactly clear why the Southern states expressed such indignation . In 1850 only 1,011 slaves ran away to the North , and ten years later , in 1860 , the number had diminished to 803. It is entirely probable that ...
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I am not now , nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races . There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the ...
I am not now , nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races . There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the ...
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5 Grant did not bother himself with political questions in these early months of peace . In later years he floundered in politics like a poor swimmer in rough water , but not in 1865 . That year , so noisy with political dissension ...
5 Grant did not bother himself with political questions in these early months of peace . In later years he floundered in politics like a poor swimmer in rough water , but not in 1865 . That year , so noisy with political dissension ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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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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