American Slavery: a reprint of an article on “Uncle Tom's Cabin” [by Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe], of which a portion was inserted in the 206th number of the “Edinburgh Review”; 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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... abolitionists . When , in the 14th of May , 1787 , the Federal Convention met in Phila- delphia to form a Constitution , the State of Massa- chusetts had already abolished slavery , and New Hampshire , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , and ...
... abolitionists . When , in the 14th of May , 1787 , the Federal Convention met in Phila- delphia to form a Constitution , the State of Massa- chusetts had already abolished slavery , and New Hampshire , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , and ...
Page 9
... abolitionists felt that they were prolonging a national disgrace and a national crime ; but they were convinced ( as every one else was convinced ) that at the end of the twenty years the slave trade must cease , and that slavery would ...
... abolitionists felt that they were prolonging a national disgrace and a national crime ; but they were convinced ( as every one else was convinced ) that at the end of the twenty years the slave trade must cease , and that slavery would ...
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... abolitionist , as Ferdinand hates her as liberal . They love Russia , as he does , for her intolerance of liberty and knowledge . And there is between the two countries the strong bond of simi- larity of institutions . Russia and the ...
... abolitionist , as Ferdinand hates her as liberal . They love Russia , as he does , for her intolerance of liberty and knowledge . And there is between the two countries the strong bond of simi- larity of institutions . Russia and the ...
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... abolitionist without having to make a considerable sacrifice of popularity , perhaps of fortune . Even those who stop short of abolition , but are unfavourable to the exten- sion of slavery into territories as yet free from it , have to ...
... abolitionist without having to make a considerable sacrifice of popularity , perhaps of fortune . Even those who stop short of abolition , but are unfavourable to the exten- sion of slavery into territories as yet free from it , have to ...
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... abolitionists " and honestly say so . If you believe that slave holding " is necessarily sinful , you believe we are necessarily " sinners ; and , if so , come out and honestly declare it , " and let us leave you I. We want to know ...
... abolitionists " and honestly say so . If you believe that slave holding " is necessarily sinful , you believe we are necessarily " sinners ; and , if so , come out and honestly declare it , " and let us leave you I. We want to know ...
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