The Final Battle Against Slavery by Denis Schulz

Abe Lincoln was opposed to the extension of slavery into the territories. So was William H. Seward with his talk of a ‘higher law’ than the US Constitution. Salmon P. Chase was opposed to the extension of slavery.

So was John Brown. “I, John Brown, am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood,” he said on his way to the gallows. Thomas Jefferson said, “Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.” George H. Thomas was a Virginian who remained loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. Thomas commanded the Army of the Cumberland during the Battle of Nashville.

 

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