The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : Its Causes, Incidents, and Results, Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the UnionO.D. Case & Company, 1864 - Slavery |
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... government of the western territory , raising a Select Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An Ordinance for the government of the Territories of the ...
... government of the western territory , raising a Select Committee thereon , of which Nathan Dane , of Massachusetts , was Chair- man . That committtee reported , July 11 , " An Ordinance for the government of the Territories of the ...
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... government ; provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican , and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles . And so far as it can be consistent with the general inter- est of the ...
... government ; provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican , and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles . And so far as it can be consistent with the general inter- est of the ...
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... Government , and to make a full confidence in it . The report un- der consideration had , by the tenor of it , put an end to all his hopes . In two great points , the hands of the Legislature were absolutely tied . The importation of ...
... Government , and to make a full confidence in it . The report un- der consideration had , by the tenor of it , put an end to all his hopes . In two great points , the hands of the Legislature were absolutely tied . The importation of ...
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... government instituted for the protection of the rights of mankind than the citizen of Pennsylvania or New Jersey , who views with a laudable horror so nefarious a prac- tice . He would add , that Domestic Slavery is the most prominent ...
... government instituted for the protection of the rights of mankind than the citizen of Pennsylvania or New Jersey , who views with a laudable horror so nefarious a prac- tice . He would add , that Domestic Slavery is the most prominent ...
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... Government . " General PINCKNEY thought himself bound to declare candidly , that he did not think South Carolina would stop her importations of slaves in any short time ; but only stop them occasionally , as she now does . He moved to ...
... Government . " General PINCKNEY thought himself bound to declare candidly , that he did not think South Carolina would stop her importations of slaves in any short time ; but only stop them occasionally , as she now does . He moved to ...
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