The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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... person now within the District of Columbia , nor now owned by any person or persons now resi- dent within it , nor hereafter born within it , shall ever be held in slavery within said District . SEC . 2. That no person now within said ...
... person now within the District of Columbia , nor now owned by any person or persons now resi- dent within it , nor hereafter born within it , shall ever be held in slavery within said District . SEC . 2. That no person now within said ...
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... person without that person's consent . " The two opponents met again at Peoria . We believe it is universally admitted that on both of these occasions Mr. Lincoln had decidedly the advantage . The result of the election was the defeat ...
... person without that person's consent . " The two opponents met again at Peoria . We believe it is universally admitted that on both of these occasions Mr. Lincoln had decidedly the advantage . The result of the election was the defeat ...
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... persons to be enslaved , or the infinitely greater number of persons who are afterward to inhabit that Territory , or the other members of the fami- lies of communities , of which they are but an incipient member , or the general head ...
... persons to be enslaved , or the infinitely greater number of persons who are afterward to inhabit that Territory , or the other members of the fami- lies of communities , of which they are but an incipient member , or the general head ...
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... persons who thus acted , as being four in 1784 , two in 1787 , seventeen in 1789 , three in 1798 , two in 1804 , and two in 1819- 20 - there would be thirty of them . But this would be counting John Langdon , Roger Sherman , William Few ...
... persons who thus acted , as being four in 1784 , two in 1787 , seventeen in 1789 , three in 1798 , two in 1804 , and two in 1819- 20 - there would be thirty of them . But this would be counting John Langdon , Roger Sherman , William Few ...
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... persons held to labor by the laws of any State and escaping therefrom ; and the Senate and House of Representatives earnestly request that all enactments having such tendency be forthwith repealed , as required by a just sense of ...
... persons held to labor by the laws of any State and escaping therefrom ; and the Senate and House of Representatives earnestly request that all enactments having such tendency be forthwith repealed , as required by a just sense of ...
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