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Excerpt from The Results of Emancipation in the United States of America Soon however, the double task of preserving slavery and putting down the rebellion was found too arduous Wherever our armies marched, there, in spite Of all Obsta cles, flocked the slaves, seeking their freedom. The sympathies Of the life-long anti-slavery men enlisted in the armies, prevented them from aiding in the return Of the fugitives, while others, formerly pro - slavery, were fast converted by the war, and felt the same reluctance. 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.