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Showing posts with label District of Columbia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label District of Columbia. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Friday, April 11, 1862

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Fine pleasant day. The Event here has been the passage of the Bill by the House abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia. It had passe...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Diary of Edward Bates, May 21, 1859

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Slavery in the District of Columbia. It is strange to see how suddenly and totally men and parties do change their opinions upon even grea...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

Congressman Albert G. Brown: The True Issue Stated, September 15, 1851

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THE OTHER SIDE OF "THE TRUE ISSUE   STATED." A PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY THE HON. ALBERT G. BROWN UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPROMISE M...
Friday, October 4, 2024

Congressman Horace Mann to Samuel Downer, December 22, 1850

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 1850. MY DEAR DOWNER,  I see by the date of my letter that it is Forefathers' Day; and I cannot but ask myself w...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

Charles Sumner: Our Immediate Antislavery Duties, November 6, 1850

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OUR IMMEDIATE ANTISLAVERY DUTIES. SPEECH AT A FREE-SOIL MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL, NOVEMBER 6, 1850. MR. CHAIRMAN, AND YOU, MY FELLOW-CITIZE...
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