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He asserted that the purpose was not only to exclude slavery from Kansas, but also from places where it then existed.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “He asserted that the purpose was not only to exclude slavery from Kansas, but also from places where it then existed.”
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Sherman discusses the intentions behind the exclusion of slavery from Kansas and other territories.
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