American Slavery: A Reprint of an Article on "Uncle Tom's Cabin", of which a Portion was Inserted in the 206th Number of the "Edinburgh Review"; and of Mr. Sumner's Speech of the 19th and 20th of May, 1856, Volume 1Reprints the text of Charles Sumner's speech which Preston Brooks responded to by attacking Sumner with a cane on May 22, two days after the speech concluded; reprints several reactions to Brooks's attack on Sumner. |
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... freedom , the other was preparing for the long contest which ended in the British Constitution ; but they had no more scruples about enslaving heathens than they had about enslaving horses . These opinions , however , though they ...
... freedom , the other was preparing for the long contest which ended in the British Constitution ; but they had no more scruples about enslaving heathens than they had about enslaving horses . These opinions , however , though they ...
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... freedom to all future - born persons . Wash- ington , though a slave - holder , declared that his suf frage in favour of the abolition of slavery should not be wanted . Franklin was president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed ...
... freedom to all future - born persons . Wash- ington , though a slave - holder , declared that his suf frage in favour of the abolition of slavery should not be wanted . Franklin was president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed ...
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... freedom to all future - born persons . Wash- ington , though a slave - holder , declared that his suf frage in favour of the abolition of slavery should not be wanted . Franklin was president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed ...
... freedom to all future - born persons . Wash- ington , though a slave - holder , declared that his suf frage in favour of the abolition of slavery should not be wanted . Franklin was president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed ...
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... Southern States , supports Mrs. Stowe's re- mark , that the defenders of slavery in America na- * Sunny Memories , vol . ii . letter 48 . turally become the enemies of freedom in Europe . The 20 SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES .
... Southern States , supports Mrs. Stowe's re- mark , that the defenders of slavery in America na- * Sunny Memories , vol . ii . letter 48 . turally become the enemies of freedom in Europe . The 20 SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES .
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... freedom in Europe . The good sense and the liberality of the opinions of a neutral may generally be tested by the side which his wishes take in the present war . The people , that is to say , the mass of the inhabit- ants of Europe ...
... freedom in Europe . The good sense and the liberality of the opinions of a neutral may generally be tested by the side which his wishes take in the present war . The people , that is to say , the mass of the inhabit- ants of Europe ...
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