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On this ground, as an anti-slavery man, I opposed it with all my might from the beginning to the end of its life.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “On this ground, as an anti-slavery man, I opposed it with all my might from the beginning to the end of its life.”
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Julian expresses his unwavering opposition to a political movement that he believed undermined anti-slavery efforts.
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