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Page viii
... freedom went out into all the lands of the earth ; from her the human race drew hope . Neither hereditary monarchy nor hereditary aristocracy planted itself on our soil ; the only hereditary condition that fastened itself upon us was ...
... freedom went out into all the lands of the earth ; from her the human race drew hope . Neither hereditary monarchy nor hereditary aristocracy planted itself on our soil ; the only hereditary condition that fastened itself upon us was ...
Page x
... freedom . In the formation of the national Constitution , Virginia , opposed by a part of New England , vainly struggled to abolish the slave - trade at once and forever ; and when the ordinance of 1787 was introduced by Nathan Dane ...
... freedom . In the formation of the national Constitution , Virginia , opposed by a part of New England , vainly struggled to abolish the slave - trade at once and forever ; and when the ordinance of 1787 was introduced by Nathan Dane ...
Page xi
... freedom to his own slaves . Good and true men had , from the days of 1776 , suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of his ancestors ; but the idea of colonization was thought to increase the difficulty of emancipation , and ...
... freedom to his own slaves . Good and true men had , from the days of 1776 , suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of his ancestors ; but the idea of colonization was thought to increase the difficulty of emancipation , and ...
Page xiii
... freedom in Congress by the ordinance of Jefferson ; the new school aspir- ed to secure for slavery an equality of votes in the Senate , and , while it hinted at an organic act that should concede to the collective South a veto of ...
... freedom in Congress by the ordinance of Jefferson ; the new school aspir- ed to secure for slavery an equality of votes in the Senate , and , while it hinted at an organic act that should concede to the collective South a veto of ...
Page xiv
... freedom , Calhoun heard the knell of parting slavery , and on his death - bed he counselled secession . Washing- ton , and Jefferson , and Madison had died despairing of the abolition of slavery ; Calhoun died in despair at the growth ...
... freedom , Calhoun heard the knell of parting slavery , and on his death - bed he counselled secession . Washing- ton , and Jefferson , and Madison had died despairing of the abolition of slavery ; Calhoun died in despair at the growth ...
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