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nooks of sectarian pride , so secluded from the influence of present ideas as to be almost fossil in their character . The practical working of the slave system , the slave laws , the treatment of slaves , their food , the duration of ...
nooks of sectarian pride , so secluded from the influence of present ideas as to be almost fossil in their character . The practical working of the slave system , the slave laws , the treatment of slaves , their food , the duration of ...
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Why should not slave capital exert the same influence ? Do they imag- ine that a hundred thousand men , possessed of two thousand mil- lions of dollars , which they feel the spirit of the age is seeking to tear from their grasp ...
Why should not slave capital exert the same influence ? Do they imag- ine that a hundred thousand men , possessed of two thousand mil- lions of dollars , which they feel the spirit of the age is seeking to tear from their grasp ...
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William Jay , a distinguished , conservative abolitionist , and son of the great Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , wrote that he " rejoiced in every exposure of the demoralizing influence of the Union . I rejoice in such ex- posure ...
William Jay , a distinguished , conservative abolitionist , and son of the great Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , wrote that he " rejoiced in every exposure of the demoralizing influence of the Union . I rejoice in such ex- posure ...
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