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... slavery , which equally needed adjustment . The South clamored for a more efficient fugitive slave law . The North clamored for the abolition of a peculiar species of slave trade in the District of Columbia , in connection with which ...
... slavery , which equally needed adjustment . The South clamored for a more efficient fugitive slave law . The North clamored for the abolition of a peculiar species of slave trade in the District of Columbia , in connection with which ...
Page 306
... slaves from the States to Nebraska , does not make slaves of freemen ; but the African slave - trader can say just as much . He does not catch free negroes and bring them here . He finds them already slaves in the hands of their black ...
... slaves from the States to Nebraska , does not make slaves of freemen ; but the African slave - trader can say just as much . He does not catch free negroes and bring them here . He finds them already slaves in the hands of their black ...
Page 348
... slave , and the other in a free state . It has been a custom to take one from a slave , and the other from a free state ; but the custom has not , at all been uniform . In 1828 Gen. Jackson and Mr. Calhoun , both from slave states ...
... slave , and the other in a free state . It has been a custom to take one from a slave , and the other from a free state ; but the custom has not , at all been uniform . In 1828 Gen. Jackson and Mr. Calhoun , both from slave states ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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