Abraham Lincoln and the United StatesMacmillan Company, 1949 - 286 páginas |
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... proposed in his bill that the principle of what he called ' popular sovereignty ' should apply . It was to rest with the people of the new Territory to decide whether or not they would have slavery . This was , after all , what had been ...
... proposed in his bill that the principle of what he called ' popular sovereignty ' should apply . It was to rest with the people of the new Territory to decide whether or not they would have slavery . This was , after all , what had been ...
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... proposal by one vote in the state's Senate . Lincoln next brought his proposal to the legis- lature of the United States itself . In a special message to the two Houses of Congress , on March 6 , 1862 , he recommended them to adopt the ...
... proposal by one vote in the state's Senate . Lincoln next brought his proposal to the legis- lature of the United States itself . In a special message to the two Houses of Congress , on March 6 , 1862 , he recommended them to adopt the ...
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... proposed . The proofs of repentance required of a rebel state were much more exacting . Moreover , he did not acknowledge that Congress , under the Constitu- tion , had power to emancipate slaves in the rebel states . That power might ...
... proposed . The proofs of repentance required of a rebel state were much more exacting . Moreover , he did not acknowledge that Congress , under the Constitu- tion , had power to emancipate slaves in the rebel states . That power might ...
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