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It had been procured for the purpose of fastening slavery upon all the Territories, and it had, of course, a special meaning when applied to the desperate struggle then in progress to make Kansas a slave State.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “It had been procured for the purpose of fastening slavery upon all the Territories, and it had, of course, a special…”
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Julian discusses the implications of a legal decision aimed at expanding slavery into new territories.
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