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... called for secession of the Northern States if Texas came into the Union with her slaves.5 " As for Disunion , " remarked Wendell Phillips , " it must and will come . Calhoun wants it at one end of the Union , Garrison wants it at the ...
... called for secession of the Northern States if Texas came into the Union with her slaves.5 " As for Disunion , " remarked Wendell Phillips , " it must and will come . Calhoun wants it at one end of the Union , Garrison wants it at the ...
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... called the ' Com- promise Measures ' , are strictly constitutional and to be un- hesitatingly carried into effect . . . I fervently hope that the question ( of slavery ) is at rest , and that no sectional or ambitious or fanatical ...
... called the ' Com- promise Measures ' , are strictly constitutional and to be un- hesitatingly carried into effect . . . I fervently hope that the question ( of slavery ) is at rest , and that no sectional or ambitious or fanatical ...
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... called " nigger , " the freedman responded with “ Secesh , " " reb , " or " po ' white trash . " As a sign of his new status he ac- quired a hat , which he was generally denied in slavery and which thus came to be the symbol of freedom ...
... called " nigger , " the freedman responded with “ Secesh , " " reb , " or " po ' white trash . " As a sign of his new status he ac- quired a hat , which he was generally denied in slavery and which thus came to be the symbol of freedom ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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