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The Irrepressible Conflict.
Gov. Henry Wise pulling ropes with Joshua Giddings, Horace Greeley, William H. Seward, Frederick Douglass, and Gerrit Smith at the other end. Hugh Forbes
stands alongside encouraging the governor. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, November 19, 1859.
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Chapter Thirteen: Toward Civil War

His Soul Goes Marching On

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