The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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... slavery . Wherever slavery spread , the Southern way of life went with it ; if Missouri were admitted , might not the whole West be overrun by the land - hungry planters ? It was already known that slave labor and one - crop cotton ...
... slavery . Wherever slavery spread , the Southern way of life went with it ; if Missouri were admitted , might not the whole West be overrun by the land - hungry planters ? It was already known that slave labor and one - crop cotton ...
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... slavery into the territories . In 1848 the Barnburners met at Utica to choose delegates to the Demo- cratic National Convention . They issued a statement - the work of the two Van Burens and of Tilden - affirming that slavery ...
... slavery into the territories . In 1848 the Barnburners met at Utica to choose delegates to the Demo- cratic National Convention . They issued a statement - the work of the two Van Burens and of Tilden - affirming that slavery ...
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... slavery . " If you had taken the position directly that slavery was right . . " he cried , " you would have triumphed , and anti - slavery would now be dead in your midst . " Thus Yancey justified Lincoln's remark in the Cooper ...
... slavery . " If you had taken the position directly that slavery was right . . " he cried , " you would have triumphed , and anti - slavery would now be dead in your midst . " Thus Yancey justified Lincoln's remark in the Cooper ...
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17631788 | 3 |
Prelude to a Federation | 25 |
Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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