The Republican Party: A History of Its Fifty Years' Existence and a Record of Its Measures and Leaders, 1854-1904, Volume 1G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904 |
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... negro slaves , little attention was given to the growth of the evil at the South , though its very existence was one of our main sources of weakness . We then numbered three mil- lions of people , one sixth of whom were slaves ...
... negro slaves , little attention was given to the growth of the evil at the South , though its very existence was one of our main sources of weakness . We then numbered three mil- lions of people , one sixth of whom were slaves ...
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... negro slaves in the country were engaged in the culture of cotton alone . From 1791 to 1860 the production of cotton increased more than one thousand fold , and it may well be said that cotton was one of the principal causes of the ...
... negro slaves in the country were engaged in the culture of cotton alone . From 1791 to 1860 the production of cotton increased more than one thousand fold , and it may well be said that cotton was one of the principal causes of the ...
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... and even other Northern States ready to dispose of their negro laborers at a prevailing market price . Instead , then , of the great evil dis- Domestic Slave Trade . 37 appearing , as the founders 36 The Republican Party .
... and even other Northern States ready to dispose of their negro laborers at a prevailing market price . Instead , then , of the great evil dis- Domestic Slave Trade . 37 appearing , as the founders 36 The Republican Party .
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... negro question . " March 31 , 1833 , Jackson wrote a letter to Buchanan , then Minister to Russia , in which he said : The public saw that although the Tariff was made the ostensible object , a separation of the Confederacy was the real ...
... negro question . " March 31 , 1833 , Jackson wrote a letter to Buchanan , then Minister to Russia , in which he said : The public saw that although the Tariff was made the ostensible object , a separation of the Confederacy was the real ...
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... negro , resolving to exert every energy to arouse the sympathy and co - operation of his countrymen . In 1828 , he went to New York and on to Boston . In his boarding - house at Boston he met William Lloyd Garrison , who had not yet ...
... negro , resolving to exert every energy to arouse the sympathy and co - operation of his countrymen . In 1828 , he went to New York and on to Boston . In his boarding - house at Boston he met William Lloyd Garrison , who had not yet ...
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