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title: 'The Great American Question, Democracy vs. Doulocracy: Or, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men & Free Speech, Against the … Slaveholding Interest'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Wilson'
date: 1848-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'Politics'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Malachi 2'
- 'Exodus 21'
- 'Ephesians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wilson-1848-the-great-american-question-democracy-vs-doulocracy-or-free-soil-free-labor-free-men-free-speech-against-the-slaveholding-interest
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# The Great American Question, Democracy vs. Doulocracy: Or, Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men & Free Speech, Against the … Slaveholding Interest

1848 pamphlet urging American voters to oppose the extension of slavery (the 'doulocracy'), appealing to Christian duty, natural rights, and the Constitution.

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