"Uncompensated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to Congress the submission of a constitutional amendment that would work universal liberation. There were conditions, however. One was that the slaves should be paid for by the Government; another that the masters might retain their uncompensated services until January 1, 1900; that is, for a period of thirty-seven years, unless they were sooner emancipated by the grave, as the most of them ...
— The Abolitionists - Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights • John F. Hume |
