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Page 76
... feeling of indignation , which in ninety days would have emancipated every slave on the continent , and driven their masters into the sea . " ' The sacrifice was made ; Anderson and his com- 76 THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE .
... feeling of indignation , which in ninety days would have emancipated every slave on the continent , and driven their masters into the sea . " ' The sacrifice was made ; Anderson and his com- 76 THE SECOND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE .
Page 83
... masters into the sea , if needs be- he had only to have said : " Let the garrison of Fort Sumter do their duty and perish beneath its walls ; and on the heads of the traitors and rebels of the slavery pro- pagandists be the consequences ...
... masters into the sea , if needs be- he had only to have said : " Let the garrison of Fort Sumter do their duty and perish beneath its walls ; and on the heads of the traitors and rebels of the slavery pro- pagandists be the consequences ...
Page 97
... masters in Missouri free , deprived of his command by Presi- dent Lincoln . During the summer of 1861 , Congress , in declaring that all slaves which had been employed for military service by their ' rebel masters ' should be consi ...
... masters in Missouri free , deprived of his command by Presi- dent Lincoln . During the summer of 1861 , Congress , in declaring that all slaves which had been employed for military service by their ' rebel masters ' should be consi ...
Page 122
... masters , and burn their houses . The Southerners have never feared such a result ; and experience has confirmed their opinions , while proving the error of the North . As long ago as November 1861 , the ' Journal of Commerce , ' a New ...
... masters , and burn their houses . The Southerners have never feared such a result ; and experience has confirmed their opinions , while proving the error of the North . As long ago as November 1861 , the ' Journal of Commerce , ' a New ...
Page 123
... masters . " Apart from the well - known devotion and attach- ment of the slaves to their masters , a slave - insurrec- tion would be impossible , on account of the absence of all means of communication between the plan- tations ; but ...
... masters . " Apart from the well - known devotion and attach- ment of the slaves to their masters , a slave - insurrec- tion would be impossible , on account of the absence of all means of communication between the plan- tations ; but ...
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