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Page 15
... lands of the Middle West was growing more rapidly than anywhere else in the coun- try . The grain farmer of prairieland had replaced the backwoods- man as the American pioneer , and for the most part he lived in a land where slavery was ...
... lands of the Middle West was growing more rapidly than anywhere else in the coun- try . The grain farmer of prairieland had replaced the backwoods- man as the American pioneer , and for the most part he lived in a land where slavery was ...
Page 129
... lands of this large Territory , also , patriotic statesmen have anticipated that a free , industrious , and en ... land . The homestead law , should Congress enact one , will be worthless there . Freemen , unless pressed by a hard ...
... lands of this large Territory , also , patriotic statesmen have anticipated that a free , industrious , and en ... land . The homestead law , should Congress enact one , will be worthless there . Freemen , unless pressed by a hard ...
Page 153
... lands , and after the same shall have been surveyed : Provided , That any person owning or residing on land may , under the provisions of this act , enter other land lying con- tiguous to his or her said land , which shall not , with the ...
... lands , and after the same shall have been surveyed : Provided , That any person owning or residing on land may , under the provisions of this act , enter other land lying con- tiguous to his or her said land , which shall not , with the ...
Contents
Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |