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George Boutwell: “The field of his success is to be found in the argumentative power that he possessed and in its use for the overthrow of…”

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The field of his success is to be found in the argumentative power that he possessed and in its use for the overthrow of slavery.
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George Boutwell
Massachusetts

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Boutwell reflects on the importance of argumentative power in the fight against slavery.

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