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History must soon address itself to generations of Americans who will have had no knowledge of the institution of slavery as an existing fact.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “History must soon address itself to generations of Americans who will have had no knowledge of the institution of…”
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Boutwell warns that future generations may not understand the realities of slavery as it once existed.
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