Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 63
... slavery , in which every wrong and every crime has its natural home , " then he should have plainly said so . Otherwise , his disclaimer is unworthy of him , and could have de- ceived no one . He must have known that all the South care ...
... slavery , in which every wrong and every crime has its natural home , " then he should have plainly said so . Otherwise , his disclaimer is unworthy of him , and could have de- ceived no one . He must have known that all the South care ...
Page 68
... slavery is moral treason , and that no man has a right to introduce the subject into Congress . Mr. Benton , in 1844 , laid down his platform , and he not only denies the right , but asserts that he never has and never will dis- cuss ...
... slavery is moral treason , and that no man has a right to introduce the subject into Congress . Mr. Benton , in 1844 , laid down his platform , and he not only denies the right , but asserts that he never has and never will dis- cuss ...
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... slaves - we white people . This very English blood of ours - Saxon - was the peculiar mark of slavery for five or six hundred years . The Slavonic race , of which we are a branch , is enslaved by millions today in Russia . The French ...
... slaves - we white people . This very English blood of ours - Saxon - was the peculiar mark of slavery for five or six hundred years . The Slavonic race , of which we are a branch , is enslaved by millions today in Russia . The French ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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