"We have not Secretary Seward to thank, we have not President Lincoln to thank, we have not the govt of the United States to thank, we have not the commercial men nor the churches to thank; but we have Jeff Davis and the terrible persistency of the rebels to than, that there has been this change of conduct in the North. It was a matter of military necessity, and therefore we have it. And having been induced by military necessity, for the sake of self-preservation, we cannot rely upon it."
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Lawyers from the United StatesAbolitionistsPoliticians from New York (state)United States presidential candidates, 1860Governors of New York
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Abby Kelley, "The Overthrow of Slavery" (December 4, 1863)
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William H. Seward
William Henry Seward, Sr. (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as Governor of New York and United States Senator. A determined opponent of the spread
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