A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections, Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands, with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day; and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836 |
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... negro bondmen at Jamestown , the nucleus of Virginia , almost simultaneously with the landing of the Pilgrims of the May- flower on Plymouth Rock , December 22d , 1620 . The Dutch slaver had chosen his market with sagacity . Virginia ...
... negro bondmen at Jamestown , the nucleus of Virginia , almost simultaneously with the landing of the Pilgrims of the May- flower on Plymouth Rock , December 22d , 1620 . The Dutch slaver had chosen his market with sagacity . Virginia ...
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... negro lands in England , he is free ; " and again , ( 1702 ) that there is no such thing as a slave by the law of England . " This judgment proving ex- ceedingly troublesome to planters and mer- chants from slave - holding colonies ...
... negro lands in England , he is free ; " and again , ( 1702 ) that there is no such thing as a slave by the law of England . " This judgment proving ex- ceedingly troublesome to planters and mer- chants from slave - holding colonies ...
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... Negro Slavery may be abolished there , and ultimately , by consequence , in the United States and throughout the whole of this continent . That its ultimate abolition throughout the entire continent is an object ardently desired by her ...
... Negro Slavery may be abolished there , and ultimately , by consequence , in the United States and throughout the whole of this continent . That its ultimate abolition throughout the entire continent is an object ardently desired by her ...
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... Negro Slavery in the formation of their state govern- ments , it shall be deemed no objection to their admission as a State or States into the Union , in accordance with the Constitution of the United States . Jan. 21. - Gen . Taylor ...
... Negro Slavery in the formation of their state govern- ments , it shall be deemed no objection to their admission as a State or States into the Union , in accordance with the Constitution of the United States . Jan. 21. - Gen . Taylor ...
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... negro , William Phillips , the moral perjurer . Resolved . That we return our thanks to the committee for faithfully performing the trust enjoined upon them by the Pro- Slavery party . " Resolved , That the committee be now discharged ...
... negro , William Phillips , the moral perjurer . Resolved . That we return our thanks to the committee for faithfully performing the trust enjoined upon them by the Pro- Slavery party . " Resolved , That the committee be now discharged ...
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