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 |
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... Kansas Act , two or three more Slave States are added to the Union , it will become obviously im- possible . That Act , however , is not part of the Constitution . Congress , by a simple majority , can repeal it , and arrest the ...
... Kansas Act , two or three more Slave States are added to the Union , it will become obviously im- possible . That Act , however , is not part of the Constitution . Congress , by a simple majority , can repeal it , and arrest the ...
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... Kansas were to have elected their Territorial Legislature . More than four thou- sand armed men from the same State again invaded the Territory , took possession of the polls and elected their own candidates , some of them residents of ...
... Kansas were to have elected their Territorial Legislature . More than four thou- sand armed men from the same State again invaded the Territory , took possession of the polls and elected their own candidates , some of them residents of ...
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... Kansas simply denied the legality of the enactments and the obligation of obedi- ence , and then , falling back on inherent rights , went through the preliminaries of a State organisation , and applied to Congress for relief . That ...
... Kansas simply denied the legality of the enactments and the obligation of obedi- ence , and then , falling back on inherent rights , went through the preliminaries of a State organisation , and applied to Congress for relief . That ...
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... Kansas , more than any other region , occupies the middle spot of North America , equally distant from the Atlantic on the east , and the Pacific on the west ; from the frozen waters of Hudson's Bay on the north , and the tepid Gulf ...
... Kansas , more than any other region , occupies the middle spot of North America , equally distant from the Atlantic on the east , and the Pacific on the west ; from the frozen waters of Hudson's Bay on the north , and the tepid Gulf ...
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... Kansas , where the very shrines of popular institutions , more sacred than any heathen altar , have been desecrated ; where the ballot - box , more precious than any work , in ivory or marble , from the cunning hand of art , has been ...
... Kansas , where the very shrines of popular institutions , more sacred than any heathen altar , have been desecrated ; where the ballot - box , more precious than any work , in ivory or marble , from the cunning hand of art , has been ...
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