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... SLAVERY IV . LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT ORGANISES THE PEOPLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE · 29 53 V. THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR • 76 VI . THE DARK DAYS OF 1862 • III VII . THE THIRD AND CRUCIAL YEAR OF THE WAR 130 • VIII ...
... SLAVERY IV . LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT ORGANISES THE PEOPLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE · 29 53 V. THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR • 76 VI . THE DARK DAYS OF 1862 • III VII . THE THIRD AND CRUCIAL YEAR OF THE WAR 130 • VIII ...
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... slavery , but the inspection of the slave - market in New Orleans stamped upon his sensitive im- agination a fresh and more sombre picture , and made a lasting impression of the iniquity and horror of the institution . From the time of ...
... slavery , but the inspection of the slave - market in New Orleans stamped upon his sensitive im- agination a fresh and more sombre picture , and made a lasting impression of the iniquity and horror of the institution . From the time of ...
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... slavery . What was exceptional , however , in his state of mind was that , while abominating the institution , he was able to give a sympathetic understanding to the opinions and to the prejudices of the slave - owners . In all his long ...
... slavery . What was exceptional , however , in his state of mind was that , while abominating the institution , he was able to give a sympathetic understanding to the opinions and to the prejudices of the slave - owners . In all his long ...
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... of 1850. Its purpose was to throw open for settlement and for later organisation as Slave States the whole territory of the North - west from which , under the Missouri Compromise , slavery had been 2 Entrance into Politics 17.
... of 1850. Its purpose was to throw open for settlement and for later organisation as Slave States the whole territory of the North - west from which , under the Missouri Compromise , slavery had been 2 Entrance into Politics 17.
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... slavery had been excluded . The Kansas - Nebraska Bill not only threw open a great territory to slavery but re - opened the whole slavery discussion . The issues that were brought to the front in the dis- cussions about this bill , and ...
... slavery had been excluded . The Kansas - Nebraska Bill not only threw open a great territory to slavery but re - opened the whole slavery discussion . The issues that were brought to the front in the dis- cussions about this bill , and ...
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