The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193 |
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The charms and interests of the old home attract the cultured American to
England , just as the features and resources of the great Republic draw the
inquiring Englishman to America . Speaking the same language , reading the
same literature ...
The charms and interests of the old home attract the cultured American to
England , just as the features and resources of the great Republic draw the
inquiring Englishman to America . Speaking the same language , reading the
same literature ...
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... visited on the children ; and the encouragement of slavery in one century has
been succeeded by a black peril ' in another . Yet if , in consequence , the people
of the United States are confronted with a problem from which we in England are
...
... visited on the children ; and the encouragement of slavery in one century has
been succeeded by a black peril ' in another . Yet if , in consequence , the people
of the United States are confronted with a problem from which we in England are
...
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While , in England , statesmen and religious men were warmly defending slavery
and the slave trade , opinion in America was already doubting the morality , the
economy , and the expediency of slave labour . Franklin , as wise as he was ...
While , in England , statesmen and religious men were warmly defending slavery
and the slave trade , opinion in America was already doubting the morality , the
economy , and the expediency of slave labour . Franklin , as wise as he was ...
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We in England have most of us forgotten how nearly the events of 1898 were
anticipated in 1854 ; and how , while France and England were occupied with the
Crimean War , a struggle between the United States and Spain seemed almost ...
We in England have most of us forgotten how nearly the events of 1898 were
anticipated in 1854 ; and how , while France and England were occupied with the
Crimean War , a struggle between the United States and Spain seemed almost ...
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Lord Mansfield had decided , in the Sommersett case , that a slave brought to
England must be set free . The citizens of Massachusetts contended that the
principles which bad guided Lord Mansfield should be applied to the New
England ...
Lord Mansfield had decided , in the Sommersett case , that a slave brought to
England must be set free . The citizens of Massachusetts contended that the
principles which bad guided Lord Mansfield should be applied to the New
England ...
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