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James Blaine: “By the one, slavery could never enter a Territory unless the inhabitants thereof desired and approved it.”

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By the one, slavery could never enter a Territory unless the inhabitants thereof desired and approved it.
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James Blaine
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Blaine asserts the principle of popular sovereignty in relation to slavery in the Territories.

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