On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The presence of slavery in a territory would certainly exclude the sons and daughters of the free States more effectually than statutes or yellow fever.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The presence of slavery in a territory would certainly exclude the sons and daughters of the free States more…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass argues that the expansion of slavery into new territories effectively barred free white settlers more powerfully than any law or disease.
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