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George Julian: “No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.”

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No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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Julian asserts the undeniable truth of the consequences of slavery's expansion.

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