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... slaves , or have been slaves themselves ; and they would be slaves now but for something which has operated on their white owners , inducing them at vast pecuniary sacrifice to liberate them . What is that something ? Is there any mis ...
... slaves , or have been slaves themselves ; and they would be slaves now but for something which has operated on their white owners , inducing them at vast pecuniary sacrifice to liberate them . What is that something ? Is there any mis ...
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... slavery agitation could have been revived , except the very project of repealing the Missouri Compromise . Every inch of territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to ...
... slavery agitation could have been revived , except the very project of repealing the Missouri Compromise . Every inch of territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to ...
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... slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery is founded in the selfishness ...
... slavery , aggravated by a gross breach of faith . Argue as you will and long as you will , this is the naked front and aspect of the measure . And in this aspect it could not but produce agitation . Slavery is founded in the selfishness ...
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Abraham Lincoln. slave law , and even menace the institution of slavery in the States where it exists . Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the revival of the ...
Abraham Lincoln. slave law , and even menace the institution of slavery in the States where it exists . Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the revival of the ...
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Abraham Lincoln. slavery from its claims of " moral right " back upon its ex- isting legal rights and its arguments ... slavery , " and used other expressions indicating your belief that the thing was at some time to have an end . Since ...
Abraham Lincoln. slavery from its claims of " moral right " back upon its ex- isting legal rights and its arguments ... slavery , " and used other expressions indicating your belief that the thing was at some time to have an end . Since ...
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