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... tion extended over this distant country , was finally forced to interfere . The leaders of the anti - slavery propaganda , having violated the Federal prerogative by passing a constitution and electing a Governor , were indicted for ...
... tion extended over this distant country , was finally forced to interfere . The leaders of the anti - slavery propaganda , having violated the Federal prerogative by passing a constitution and electing a Governor , were indicted for ...
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... tion and religious freedom were the chief foundation stones . It is a remarkable fact that the same spot - the shores of Maryland - which was thus embalmed in the af- fections of freemen , should , after the lapse of a little more than ...
... tion and religious freedom were the chief foundation stones . It is a remarkable fact that the same spot - the shores of Maryland - which was thus embalmed in the af- fections of freemen , should , after the lapse of a little more than ...
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... tion ; or , in other words , that the South , already in a vast and increasing minority , shall be still further reduced in the scale of insignificance , and thus , on every attempted usurpation of her rights , be far below the ...
... tion ; or , in other words , that the South , already in a vast and increasing minority , shall be still further reduced in the scale of insignificance , and thus , on every attempted usurpation of her rights , be far below the ...
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... tion to the Fugitive Slave Law , to the passage of Per- sonal Liberty Bills , to political schemes in Congress and out , and to systematic agitation everywhere , with a view to stay the progress of the South , contract her political ...
... tion to the Fugitive Slave Law , to the passage of Per- sonal Liberty Bills , to political schemes in Congress and out , and to systematic agitation everywhere , with a view to stay the progress of the South , contract her political ...
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... tion a clause preventing slaves being carried into the said territories ceded to the United States , north of the Ohio River . This was a part of the Southern scheme of manumission , which was meant as a check to the trading in Negro ...
... tion a clause preventing slaves being carried into the said territories ceded to the United States , north of the Ohio River . This was a part of the Southern scheme of manumission , which was meant as a check to the trading in Negro ...
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