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... slavery , Douglas made the mistake of trying to sidetrack a great moral problem by leaving it to local determination , popular sovereignty . Hoping for the further development of the West , he led a fight in Congress for the Kansas ...
... slavery , Douglas made the mistake of trying to sidetrack a great moral problem by leaving it to local determination , popular sovereignty . Hoping for the further development of the West , he led a fight in Congress for the Kansas ...
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... slavery in the Ter- ritories is unconstitutional — that they have reached this proposi- tion as a conclusion from their former proposition that the Con- stitution of the United States expressly recognizes property in slaves , and from ...
... slavery in the Ter- ritories is unconstitutional — that they have reached this proposi- tion as a conclusion from their former proposition that the Con- stitution of the United States expressly recognizes property in slaves , and from ...
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... slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure . We must pull down our Free State constitutions . The whole atmosphere must be ...
... slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure . We must pull down our Free State constitutions . The whole atmosphere must be ...
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PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party 73 | 7 |
1856 | 17 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
Copyright | |
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