Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... slavery was the all - absorbing subject of debate throughout the entire country . It had been the one recog- nized peril to the Union since the formation of the Govern- ment . Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated ...
... slavery was the all - absorbing subject of debate throughout the entire country . It had been the one recog- nized peril to the Union since the formation of the Govern- ment . Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated ...
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... slavery extension half a century and more ago . His home , during his entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the ...
... slavery extension half a century and more ago . His home , during his entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the ...
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... SLAVERY QUESTION SEIZURE AND SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL- EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES . EBRUARY 12 , 1909 , will long be remembered as the day of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . For on that ...
... SLAVERY QUESTION SEIZURE AND SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL- EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES . EBRUARY 12 , 1909 , will long be remembered as the day of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . For on that ...
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... slavery since the adoption of the Federal Constitution . From the establish- ment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question , - the one constant menace to national unity , until its final extinction ...
... slavery since the adoption of the Federal Constitution . From the establish- ment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question , - the one constant menace to national unity , until its final extinction ...
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... slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men . Mean- while there were divided counsels among the earnest sup- porters of the President as to the time the masterful act ' that ...
... slavery was to perish amid the great upheaval became in time the solemn conviction of all thoughtful men . Mean- while there were divided counsels among the earnest sup- porters of the President as to the time the masterful act ' that ...
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