One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of... Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Page 193by Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...whole population were colored slaves — not distributed generally over the Union, but localized over the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war : while the Government claimed no right to do more than restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
| Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came. One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed...the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither... | |
| Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish ; and the war came the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this...the insurgents would rend the Union by war, while Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither... | |
| John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 716 pages
...slaves constituted a peculiar and lucrative interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the canse of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war ; the government claimed no right to do more than restrict the enlargement of it. Neither... | |
| John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 708 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and lucrative interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate,... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed.no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
| Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe - United States - 1872 - 690 pages
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
| English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...the whole population were coloured slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localised in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war ; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
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