I Never Was An Abolitionist, Not Even What Could Be Called Anti Slavery

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I never was an Abolitionist, not even what could be called anti slavery,
but I try to judge farely & honestly and it become patent to my mind
early in the rebellion that the North & South could never live at
peace with each other except as one nation, and that without Slavery.
-- Ulysses S. Grant, Letter to Elihu B. Washburne, August 30, 1863

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