Owen Lovejoy, Abolitionist in Congress, Volume 10Rutgers University Press, 1967 - 493 pages |
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... slavery all about him . He tried to understand the system but was troubled by it . He had always been opposed to slavery , as thousands of Americans were , but he had taken no more advanced position than for colonization of slaves in ...
... slavery all about him . He tried to understand the system but was troubled by it . He had always been opposed to slavery , as thousands of Americans were , but he had taken no more advanced position than for colonization of slaves in ...
Page 104
... slavery , as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission . " Douglas enjoyed the support of railroad interests and Southern slaveholders in con- tending that the 1820 compromise line of 36 ° 30 ′ was invalid , that a ...
... slavery , as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission . " Douglas enjoyed the support of railroad interests and Southern slaveholders in con- tending that the 1820 compromise line of 36 ° 30 ′ was invalid , that a ...
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... slavery is to our coun- try - the prolific spring of woes unnumbered . Not the discussion , not the agitation of the subject of slavery , but the existence of slavery itself . " He deplored the identification of the South with slavery ...
... slavery is to our coun- try - the prolific spring of woes unnumbered . Not the discussion , not the agitation of the subject of slavery , but the existence of slavery itself . " He deplored the identification of the South with slavery ...
Contents
The Murder of Elijah P Lovejoy | 3 |
Was I to Bewray the Wanderer? | 25 |
Renovate the State1840 to 1844 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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