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Excerpt from Negro Slavery in Wisconsin Notwithstanding the single attempt to tolerate slavery in Ohio. And the desire of Indiana to be clothed upon with shame the strug gle to protect and establish slavery in Illinois and what is recorded in this little monograph, yet from the high viewpoint of the supreme law, it remains true as stated so eloquently by Senator Hoar at the Marietta centennial: Here was the first human government under which absolute civil and religious liberty has always pre vailed. Here no witch was ever hanged or burned. When older states or nations, where the chains of human bondage have been broken, shall utter the proud boast, -vith a great price I obtained this freedom, ' each sister of this imperial group Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin, may lift up her queenly head with the yet prouder answer, 'but I was free born.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.