The Life Of Abraham LincolnDigital Scanning Inc, 2008 - 480 strani Isaac Newton Arnold draws upon his twenty-five year acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln to create an in-depth, intimate biography of the sixteenth President of the United States. His first hand knowledge of Lincoln provides a unique perspective into the personal and professional life of the president. From his marriage to Mary Todd, his time as a lawyer in Illinois, his reputation making debates with Stephen Douglas, through the historic speeches and the dire years of the Civil War, Arnold gives us an insider's view of the man and the era. Presented as it was originally published in 1885. |
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... slave states , filled with the prejudices of that section , and the feeling against anti - slavery men was violent ... power , under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . · " They believe that ...
... slave states , filled with the prejudices of that section , and the feeling against anti - slavery men was violent ... power , under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States . · " They believe that ...
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... slavery was " unjust to the slave , impolitic to the nation , " and he meant to do all in his power to restrict and get rid of it . Even this bill , mild as it was , would not be tolerated by the slave states , and their opposition was ...
... slavery was " unjust to the slave , impolitic to the nation , " and he meant to do all in his power to restrict and get rid of it . Even this bill , mild as it was , would not be tolerated by the slave states , and their opposition was ...
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... slavery is the greatest object of desire of these colonies . " In October , I774 > Congress declared : " We will neither import , not purchase any slave ... power of the Federal Gov . ernment to control and prohibit its extension in the ...
... slavery is the greatest object of desire of these colonies . " In October , I774 > Congress declared : " We will neither import , not purchase any slave ... power of the Federal Gov . ernment to control and prohibit its extension in the ...
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... slavery societies were the most eminent men of the time . In 1780 , Pennsylvania ... slave state added to the original thirteen , for there would have been no ... power and irre- sistible strength , until it broke down all opposition and ...
... slavery societies were the most eminent men of the time . In 1780 , Pennsylvania ... slave state added to the original thirteen , for there would have been no ... power and irre- sistible strength , until it broke down all opposition and ...
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... slave labor . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy was with consummate skill soon organized , and , with an immense property invested in lands and negroes , soon dominated over the cotton states , and by and by in its arrogance ...
... slave labor . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy was with consummate skill soon organized , and , with an immense property invested in lands and negroes , soon dominated over the cotton states , and by and by in its arrogance ...
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