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The Republican party was regarded in the South and the border States not only as opposed to the extension of slavery, but as favoring the compulsory abolition of the institution without compensation to the owners.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “The Republican party was regarded in the South and the border States not only as opposed to the extension of slavery…”
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Grant describes the perception of the Republican party in the South during the lead-up to the Civil War.
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