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... Land Ordinance contained in the Lecompton Constitution , and proposed a substitute . Kansas was to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing , in all respects , with the original States , but upon the funda- mental condition ...
... Land Ordinance contained in the Lecompton Constitution , and proposed a substitute . Kansas was to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing , in all respects , with the original States , but upon the funda- mental condition ...
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... Land Ordinance was rejected by the voters of the Territory ; and Kansas did not come into the Union until nearly three years afterwards- just as the Southern States were going out of it . She came in under an anti - slavery constitution ...
... Land Ordinance was rejected by the voters of the Territory ; and Kansas did not come into the Union until nearly three years afterwards- just as the Southern States were going out of it . She came in under an anti - slavery constitution ...
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... land traveller in Europe blushed to confess himself an Ameri- can , because half of the nation of that name were slavehold- ers . Many of the Abolitionists made a pretence of praying that the Union might be dissolved , that they might ...
... land traveller in Europe blushed to confess himself an Ameri- can , because half of the nation of that name were slavehold- ers . Many of the Abolitionists made a pretence of praying that the Union might be dissolved , that they might ...
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... land ; and Joshua R. Giddings , to Canada . In the Senate , which was convened in an extra session to confirm executive appointments and to transact other public business , Charles Sumner was appointed Chairman of Foreign Relations ...
... land ; and Joshua R. Giddings , to Canada . In the Senate , which was convened in an extra session to confirm executive appointments and to transact other public business , Charles Sumner was appointed Chairman of Foreign Relations ...
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... land to Fort Sumter , batteries of mortars and columbiads were erected , protected by an iron fortification of novel and formidable construction ; and another novelty in iron fortifications was perfected by the skilful and practical ...
... land to Fort Sumter , batteries of mortars and columbiads were erected , protected by an iron fortification of novel and formidable construction ; and another novelty in iron fortifications was perfected by the skilful and practical ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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