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The issue of slavery is one that has so impacted the course of American history that we are still feeling its effects. Many people today ask themselves how freedom loving people like the Americans of the early 19th century could hold an entire race of people in bondage. It is a good question and one that deserves a good answer. The answer is readily understood by the man who realizes that early American society simply thought differently than we do today. Perhaps the easiest way to understand the worldview of those who could support the institution of slavery, is to compare it to events an...
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