All these liberal steps were taken in the face of a violent opposition directed by the reactionary slave-holders of Havana, who are vainly striving to stay the march of ideas which has terminated slavery in Christendom, Cuba only excepted.
Grant highlights the liberal measures taken against opposition to end slavery in Cuba.
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