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Then the controversy became sharp and bitter, and the men of the North began to speak out. To the younger men especially was the system hateful, and it was plain that in the free States a new generation had risen up which was prepared to wash its hands of the curse of slavery. THEN THE CONTROVERSY BECAME SHARP AND BITTER AND THE MEN OF THE NORTH BEGAN TO SPEAK OUT TO THE YOUNGER MEN ESPECIALLY WAS THE SYSTEM HATEFUL AND IT WAS PLAIN THAT IN THE FREE STATES A NEW GENERATION HAD RISEN UP WHICH WAS PREPARED TO WASH ITS HANDS OF THE CURSE OF SLAVERY
outhern States against teaching or helping the negroes; and in several States it was calmly proposed to deprive the free blacks also of their liberty, to sell them back into bondage in order to raise money for the support of the elementary schools. In defiance of the laws of the Federal Government, the slave trade also was reintroduced, and negroes stolen from the West Coast of Africa were once more landed and sold into slavery. [Illustration: Negroes stolen from the west coast of Africa were sold into slavery.] This open and insolent growth of the spirit of slavery in the South was slowly rousing the rest of the great nation from its slumber. Statesmen had been silent too long, politicians and preachers had apologised for the evil, and the people as a whole had given no sign, until provoked by those flagrant attempts to carry the vile system into those newer parts of the country called Territories, vast districts of only partly occupied land which had not yet been erected into States. ATHERED OR MURDERED ON SUSPICION OF SYMPATHY WITH THE SLAVES NEW AND BITTER LAWS WERE PASSED IN THE SOUTHERN STATES AGAINST TEACHING OR HELPING THE NEGROES AND IN SEVERAL STATES IT WAS CALMLY PROPOSED TO DEPRIVE THE FREE BLACKS ALSO OF THEIR LIBERTY TO SELL THEM BACK INTO BONDAGE IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAWS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE SLAVE TRADE ALSO WAS REINTRODUCED AND NEGROES STOLEN FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WERE ONCE MORE LANDED AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY THIS OPEN AND INSOLENT GROWTH OF THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH WAS SLOWLY ROUSING THE REST OF THE GREAT NATION FROM ITS SLUMBER STATESMEN HAD BEEN SILENT TOO LONG POLITICIANS AND PREACHERS HAD APOLOGIZED FOR THE EVIL AND PEOPLE AS A WHOLE HAD GIVEN NO SIGN UNTIL PROVOKED BY THOSE FLAGRANT ATTEMPTS TO CARRY THE VILE SYSTEM INTO THOSE NEWER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY CALLED TERRITORIES VAST DISTRICTS OF ONLY PARTLY OCCUPIED LAND WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN ERECTED INTO STATES
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