American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... slavery . Abolitionism had deeper roots , for some of its leaders , than any of the other movements . Members of the Society of Friends had been agitating against slavery in America for almost a century . Such a Friend as John Greenleaf ...
... slavery . Abolitionism had deeper roots , for some of its leaders , than any of the other movements . Members of the Society of Friends had been agitating against slavery in America for almost a century . Such a Friend as John Greenleaf ...
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... slavery , it will be because they are indifferent to slavery , or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote . They will then be the only slaves . Only his vote can hasten the aboli- tion of slavery who ...
... slavery , it will be because they are indifferent to slavery , or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote . They will then be the only slaves . Only his vote can hasten the aboli- tion of slavery who ...
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... slavery , he says , " Because it was a part of the original compact , -- let it stand . " 12 Notwithstanding his special acuteness and ability , he is unable to take a fact out of its merely political relations , and behold it as it ...
... slavery , he says , " Because it was a part of the original compact , -- let it stand . " 12 Notwithstanding his special acuteness and ability , he is unable to take a fact out of its merely political relations , and behold it as it ...
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