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  ooneybagsandhadtreatedtheopen</p>

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  theindustrialtres,andaslongasthelaallow</p>

  entobineinlabourunions,verylittleplished.</p>

  ofursetheintelligentapeopleofthat</p>

  tiblindtotheseterriblenditions.theywere</p>

  justhelpless.eryhadheworldbysurprise</p>

  andittookagreatnyyearsandtheeffortsofthousands</p>

  ofnobleoketheeit</p>

  oughttobe,nsservant,andnothisster.</p>

  curiouslyenough,thefirstattackuporageous</p>

  systefeloyntninallpartsof</p>

  theadeonbehalfoftheblackslavesofafrica</p>

  andarieri</p>

  bythespaniards.theyhadtriedtousethe</p>

  indiansaslabourersinthefieldsandinthenes,butthe</p>

  indians,alifeintheopen,hadlaindown</p>

  anddiedandtosavetheroxtinakiedpriest</p>

  hadsuggestedthatnegroesbebroughtfrofricatodothe</p>

  ent.</p>

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  thehristianityandinthisheywould</p>

  beabletosavetheirsouls,andsofroverypossiblepointof</p>

  vieentbothforthekindly</p>

  anandforhisignorantblackbrother.buththe</p>

  introduaerytherehadbeeerdendfor</p>

  ttonandthenegroesohanever</p>

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  treatntheyreceivedatthehandsoftheoverseers.</p>

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  andzaaulay,thefatherofthegreathistorianwhose</p>

  historyofenglandyoustreadifyoutoknowhow</p>

  erestingahistorybookbe,aniseda</p>

  societyforthesuppressionofslavery.firstofalltheygota</p>

  laade``slavetradingillegal.andafterthe</p>

  year1840thereasingleslaveinanyofthebritish</p>

  loherevolutionof1848putaoslaveryinthe</p>

  frenchpossessions.thepuesepassedalaheyear</p>

  1858isedallslavestheirlibertyintyyears</p>

  froate.thedutchabolishedslaveryin1863andinthe</p>

  sayeartsaralexanderiiretuedtohisserfsthatliberty</p>

  theorethanturies</p>

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  iedstatesofaricathequestioograve</p>

  difficultiesandaprolongedhoughthedeclaration</p>

  ofindependencehadlaiddoen</p>

  adefor</p>

  thosenandenhoworked</p>

  ontheplantationsofthesouthestates.astion,the</p>

  dislikeofthepeopleofthenorthfortheinstitutionofslavery</p>

  increasedandtheydeoftheirfeelings.thesoutheers</p>

  hoedthattheyuldnotgroheirtton</p>

  ostfiftyyearsaghtydebate</p>

  ragedinboththengressandthesenate.</p>

  thenorthreinedobdurateahgive</p>

  in.possibletoreachaprose,the</p>

  southestatesthreateoleavetheunion.itost</p>

  dangerouspointioryoftheunion.nythings</p>

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  anillinoislaanadehisoellectual</p>

  fortune,hadbeeedpresidentbytherepublis</p>

  rongiislaverystates.he</p>

  kneanbofirsthandandhisshrewd</p>

  oldhihatthereohe</p>

  fortberofsouthe</p>

  statesseedthe``estatesofarica,</p>

  linledthechallehenorthestates</p>

  eers.hundredsofthousandsof</p>

  youngnrespondedandtherefollowed</p>

  fouryearsofbittercivilh,betterprepared</p>

  andfollohebrilliantleadershipofleeandja,</p>

  repeatedlydefeatedthearesofthenorth.thenthe</p>

  enthofnehebeganto</p>

  tell.anunknoeofgrantarosefrobscurity</p>

  ahecharlesrtelofthegreatslavewar.</p>

  redhisghtyblohe</p>

  crulingdefehesouth.earlyintheyear1863,</p>

  presidentlinlnissuedhis``enation</p>

  allslavesfree.inapriloftheyear1865lee</p>

  surrehelastofhisbravearesatappottox.afew</p>

  dayslater,presidentlinlnurderedbyalunatic.but</p>

  hishtheexubahwas</p>

  stillunderspanishdonation,slaveryhadetoanendin</p>

  everypartofthecivilisedworld.</p>

  butanount</p>

  ofliberty,the``freeenofeuropedidnotfarequiteso</p>

  atterofsurprisetonynteorary</p>

  assesofentheso</p>

  sheersery.they</p>

  livedindirtyhousessituatedinserablepartsoftheslu.</p>

  theyatebadfood.theyreceivedjustenoughschoolingto</p>

  fittheortheirtasks.incaseofdeathoranact,their</p>

  faliesprovidedfor.butthebreillery</p>

  is,influenceuponthelegislature,</p>

  enuragedtheettheir</p>

  unlitedquantitiesofverycheaprates.</p>

  theenorusiroventakenplacethe</p>

  thirtiesaiesofthela</p>

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