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Speaker or author: Watkins, William J.

Newspaper or publication: Toronto Globe

Overview of speech delivered before a Canadian audience explaining various theories on what started the Civil War and what its possible outcome might be. (Speech 24170 is a duplicate of this speech.)

Description of file(s): PDF 3 page, 684 word document (text and images)

Date published: 1861

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Canada; Civil War; government; liberty; South Carolina; succession

People: Lincoln, Abraham

Publication type: Newspapers; Speeches

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