Union--disunion--reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855-1885. Personal and Historical Memories of Events Preceding, During, and Since the American Civil War, Involving Slavery and Secession, Emancipation and Reconstruction, with Sketches of Prominent Actors During These Periods |
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CHAPTER I | 24 |
CHAPTER II | 35 |
ITS ORDEAL AS TO SLAVERY EXTENSION | 55 |
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