The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5AMS Press, 1972 - New York (State) |
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Page 52
... slave - trade to an end immediately and forever . Had such a treaty been made in 1808 , there would now have been no sedition here , and no disagreement between the United States and foreign nations . We are indeed suffering deeply in ...
... slave - trade to an end immediately and forever . Had such a treaty been made in 1808 , there would now have been no sedition here , and no disagreement between the United States and foreign nations . We are indeed suffering deeply in ...
Page 249
... slave- holding interest naturally desired to extend slavery and multiply slave states . The free states necessarily desired , as they constitu- tionally might , to prevent the extension of slavery in regions where it did not exist or ...
... slave- holding interest naturally desired to extend slavery and multiply slave states . The free states necessarily desired , as they constitu- tionally might , to prevent the extension of slavery in regions where it did not exist or ...
Page 318
... slaves to fly with them to some new and safer field . The slave deserts him wherever and whenever facilities offer . Want soon overtakes both the mas- ter and the slave , and then the relation that has always before been thought ...
... slaves to fly with them to some new and safer field . The slave deserts him wherever and whenever facilities offer . Want soon overtakes both the mas- ter and the slave , and then the relation that has always before been thought ...
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ence form an important contribution to the literature of American | 9 |
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Eulogy on Lafayette 1834Oration on Daniel OConnell Oration on John | 32 |
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