Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years.
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In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.
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Birth: | 2nd July, 1810 |
Death: | 15th December, 1885 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
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Robert Augustus Toombs was an American and Confederate political leader, Whig Party Senator from Georgia, a founding father of the Confederacy, its first Secretary of State, and a minor Confederate general in the Civil War.
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