Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... slaves to work in the cotton - fields . As the plant could not be grown in Maryland , Virginia , Kentucky , and Missouri , and as slaves were called for to cultivate it in the more southern States , the slave - holders in the border ...
... slaves to work in the cotton - fields . As the plant could not be grown in Maryland , Virginia , Kentucky , and Missouri , and as slaves were called for to cultivate it in the more southern States , the slave - holders in the border ...
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... slavery . He saw a gang of slaves taken from jail , where they had been placed under lock and key to prevent their ... slavery . He said that Africans were born free and independent , and that to keep them in slavery was an infringement ...
... slavery . He saw a gang of slaves taken from jail , where they had been placed under lock and key to prevent their ... slavery . He said that Africans were born free and independent , and that to keep them in slavery was an infringement ...
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... slavery a blow ? He is only a boatman , a wood - chopper , teamster , backwoodsman - nothing more . What position of influence is he likely to attain to enable him to strike at slavery ? His school - days have been less than a year . He ...
... slavery a blow ? He is only a boatman , a wood - chopper , teamster , backwoodsman - nothing more . What position of influence is he likely to attain to enable him to strike at slavery ? His school - days have been less than a year . He ...
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... slaves was piracy . During the period peti- tions had been presented to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories over which Congress had jurisdiction . Antislavery societies had been formed ...
... slaves was piracy . During the period peti- tions had been presented to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories over which Congress had jurisdiction . Antislavery societies had been formed ...
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... slaves , and so moved to Ohio and gave his slaves their freedom . He established the " Philanthropist , " a news- paper which advocated the abolition of slavery . It so stirred up the people of Cincinnati that they held a public meeting ...
... slaves , and so moved to Ohio and gave his slaves their freedom . He established the " Philanthropist , " a news- paper which advocated the abolition of slavery . It so stirred up the people of Cincinnati that they held a public meeting ...
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