 One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of...  Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Pagina 193door Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1890 - 536 pagina’s
...war came. One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves. These slaves constituted a peculiar powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen and perpetuate and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union... | |
 | Hugh Tulloch - 1999 - 276 pagina’s
...of the whole population was colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.'4 Notes 1 Lincoln quoted in Richard Hofstadter, Great Issues in American History, II, / 865- W7... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pagina’s
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somebow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 pagina’s
...population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southem part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Lucas E. Morel - 2000 - 272 pagina’s
...of it" in the minds of the American people. He now presents the crux of the Civil War controversy: These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest....object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Anthony James Joes - 2004 - 428 pagina’s
...slavery of the Negro race." Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address: "Slavery constituted the peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war." And RMT Hunter of Virginia, Confederate secretary of state and former Speaker of the... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pagina’s
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted...All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - 1999 - 460 pagina’s
...he elaborated upon the basic issue by speaking of the "peculiar and powerful interest" of slavery. "All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war." He proceeded to describe the sufferings of the people, both North and South, as divine punishment for... | |
 | Robert R. Mathisen - 2001 - 674 pagina’s
...of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted...object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement... | |
 | Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore - 2001 - 376 pagina’s
...what generations of American historians from the Civil War to the 1950s downplayed when he said: "... slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest....All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of war."10 But Lincoln did not stop here. He hoped and prayed "that this mighty scourge of war may speedily... | |
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