They Also Ran: The Story of the Men who Were Defeated for the Presidency |
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He had never been farther south than St. Louis , knew little of the actual workings of slavery ; up to the time of his marriage he ... When his father - in - law offered him a plantation with a hundred and fifty slaves as a wedding gift ...
He had never been farther south than St. Louis , knew little of the actual workings of slavery ; up to the time of his marriage he ... When his father - in - law offered him a plantation with a hundred and fifty slaves as a wedding gift ...
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He did not want slavery to spread to new territories ; he believed it doomed by geography and climate to remain precisely where it was . After winning the favor of the south by voicing the right of slavery to be extended , he now ...
He did not want slavery to spread to new territories ; he believed it doomed by geography and climate to remain precisely where it was . After winning the favor of the south by voicing the right of slavery to be extended , he now ...
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... problem : by throwing all of the nation open to slavery he surely would win the undying love of the south ; when the new territories voted for freedom instead of slavery , as he was convinced they would , he would prove to the north ...
... problem : by throwing all of the nation open to slavery he surely would win the undying love of the south ; when the new territories voted for freedom instead of slavery , as he was convinced they would , he would prove to the north ...
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