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George Julian: “This open and insolent defiance of the national authority could not fail to strengthen anti-slavery opinion in the…”

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This open and insolent defiance of the national authority could not fail to strengthen anti-slavery opinion in the Northern States.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian argues that defiance against national authority bolstered anti-slavery sentiments in the North.

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