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... slavery . The instant you do they have us under again : all our labor is lost , and sooner or later must be done over ... slave statutes not only were clumsily enforced in the North but denied in prin- ciple by the personal liberty laws ...
... slavery . The instant you do they have us under again : all our labor is lost , and sooner or later must be done over ... slave statutes not only were clumsily enforced in the North but denied in prin- ciple by the personal liberty laws ...
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... slave - holding interests . " It is noteworthy that Lincoln merely appeared to have become convinced that secession ... slavery extension . " There is no possible compromise upon it but which puts us under again , and leaves all our work ...
... slave - holding interests . " It is noteworthy that Lincoln merely appeared to have become convinced that secession ... slavery extension . " There is no possible compromise upon it but which puts us under again , and leaves all our work ...
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... slavery , had amassed the imposing total of twenty - two slaves , twelve resident , ten transient . The Corwin committee would make it a slave state , urge repeal of personal liberty laws , and protect slavery in the slave states by ...
... slavery , had amassed the imposing total of twenty - two slaves , twelve resident , ten transient . The Corwin committee would make it a slave state , urge repeal of personal liberty laws , and protect slavery in the slave states by ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE Battle of FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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