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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. 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
ussion of the slavery question, and very soon he was called to give practical form to his opinions. For years there had been a conviction among many of the people of the Northern States that slavery was wrong, that it was a crime against man and a sin against God. The Southern States where slavery existed defended the institution without shame and without fear. They bitterly resented any discussion of the subject by the North, and they took effectual means to suppress any adverse opinions in the South. In the very year of Garfield's election, nearly a thousand white persons in the slave States were robbed, whipped, imprisoned, tarred and feathered, 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. ICIAN IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION AND VERY SOON HE WAS CALLED TO GIVE PRACTICAL FORM TO HIS OPINIONS FOR YEARS THERE HAD BEEN A CONVICTION AMONG MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN STATES THAT SLAVERY WAS WRONG THAT IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST MAN AND A SIN AGAINST GOD THE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE SLAVERY EXISTED DEFENDED THE INSTITUTION WITHOUT SHAME AND WITHOUT FEAR THEY BITTERLY RESENTED ANY DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT BY THE NORTH AND THEY TOOK EFFECTUAL MEANS TO SUPPRESS ANY ADVERSE OPINIONS IN THE SOUTH IN THE VERY YEAR OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION NEARLY A THOUSAND WHITE PERSONS IN THE SLAVE STATES WERE ROBBED WHIPPED IMPRISONED TARRED AND FEATHERED 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
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