On the record
I did not evade the slavery question or the War of the Rebellion, but said of them what I would have said in Ohio.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “I did not evade the slavery question or the War of the Rebellion, but said of them what I would have said in Ohio.”
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Sherman addresses the sensitive topics of slavery and the Civil War candidly, indicating his commitment to honesty in his speech.
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