American slavery: repr. of an article [by N.W. Senior, entitled Slavery in the United States] on 'Uncle Tom's cabin' [by H.E.B. Stowe] and of mr. Sumner's speech of the 19th and 20th of May, 1856. With a notice of the events which followed that speech |
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... president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed , that by the Constitution slavery should be excluded from any territory to be " subsequently acquired by the Union ; a proposal which B 4 SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES . 7 treating ...
... president of an Abolition Society . Jefferson proposed , that by the Constitution slavery should be excluded from any territory to be " subsequently acquired by the Union ; a proposal which B 4 SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES . 7 treating ...
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... PRESIDENT : You are now called to redress a great transgression . Seldom in the history of nations has such a question been presented . Tariffs , army bills , navy bills , land bills , are important , and justly occupy your care ; but ...
... PRESIDENT : You are now called to redress a great transgression . Seldom in the history of nations has such a question been presented . Tariffs , army bills , navy bills , land bills , are important , and justly occupy your care ; but ...
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... President - which succours and sus- tains the crime . Nay , the proceedings I now arraign derive their fearful consequence only from this con- nection . In now opening this great matter , I am not insen- sible to the austere demands of ...
... President - which succours and sus- tains the crime . Nay , the proceedings I now arraign derive their fearful consequence only from this con- nection . In now opening this great matter , I am not insen- sible to the austere demands of ...
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... President , James Monroe and his Cabinet , of whom a majority were slaveholders , including Mr. Calhoun himself ; and this compromise was made the condition of the admission of Missouri , without which that G 2 MR . SUMNER'S SPEECH . 83 ...
... President , James Monroe and his Cabinet , of whom a majority were slaveholders , including Mr. Calhoun himself ; and this compromise was made the condition of the admission of Missouri , without which that G 2 MR . SUMNER'S SPEECH . 83 ...
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... President , in his annual message , has told us that this compromise " was reluctantly acquiesced in by the Southern States . " Just the contrary is true . It was the work of slaveholders , and was crowded by their concurring votes upon ...
... President , in his annual message , has told us that this compromise " was reluctantly acquiesced in by the Southern States . " Just the contrary is true . It was the work of slaveholders , and was crowded by their concurring votes upon ...
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