Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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Page 53
... regard to slavery . He saw a gang of slaves taken from jail , where they had been placed under lock and key to prevent their run- ning away , and put on board a ship which was owned and commanded by a sea - captain from his native town ...
... regard to slavery . He saw a gang of slaves taken from jail , where they had been placed under lock and key to prevent their run- ning away , and put on board a ship which was owned and commanded by a sea - captain from his native town ...
Page 83
... regard to his name to his dis- credit ? If a true man , why change his name ? If upright and honor- able , why not keep his promise ? A letter came at last . On his home- ward journey he had been seized with fever and delirium ...
... regard to his name to his dis- credit ? If a true man , why change his name ? If upright and honor- able , why not keep his promise ? A letter came at last . On his home- ward journey he had been seized with fever and delirium ...
Page 93
... regard to slavery . It was a time when everybody was intending to get rich - the pe- riod of grand schemes and great expectations . The multiplying of steamboats on the rivers and lakes , the opening of the Erie Canal , the fertility of ...
... regard to slavery . It was a time when everybody was intending to get rich - the pe- riod of grand schemes and great expectations . The multiplying of steamboats on the rivers and lakes , the opening of the Erie Canal , the fertility of ...
Page 94
... regard to the matter . His statements were so clear and argu- ments so conclusive that he brought about the passage of the bill . The members from Sangamon and Morgan counties were greatly elated over what they had accomplished . At ...
... regard to the matter . His statements were so clear and argu- ments so conclusive that he brought about the passage of the bill . The members from Sangamon and Morgan counties were greatly elated over what they had accomplished . At ...
Page 97
... regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the govern- ment of a system of political institutions conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty than any ...
... regards extent of territory , fertility of soil , and salubrity of climate . We find ourselves under the govern- ment of a system of political institutions conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty than any ...
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