It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States. (Jefferson Davis)

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.

Jefferson Davis

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