Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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... tion at the wrong done the slave , and John Brown sacrificed his life willingly for him ; while Helper , though he had the prej- udices of his class against the black , made a powerful protest against the institution in the name of the ...
... tion at the wrong done the slave , and John Brown sacrificed his life willingly for him ; while Helper , though he had the prej- udices of his class against the black , made a powerful protest against the institution in the name of the ...
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... tion of the planters to withhold their cotton in order to create trouble at the North , it must be admitted that it is disquieting . The action of the Southern banks , though strictly legitimate , has not been calculated to strengthen ...
... tion of the planters to withhold their cotton in order to create trouble at the North , it must be admitted that it is disquieting . The action of the Southern banks , though strictly legitimate , has not been calculated to strengthen ...
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... tion of those states , we must prepare to meet the emergency and maintain , by the final arbitrament of the sword , the posi- tion which we have assumed among the nations of the earth . We have entered upon the career of independence ...
... tion of those states , we must prepare to meet the emergency and maintain , by the final arbitrament of the sword , the posi- tion which we have assumed among the nations of the earth . We have entered upon the career of independence ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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