Henry Benning believed that slavery needed to expand westward to prevent a future of unimaginable, unspeakable horrors for white people. Any southerner who disagreed risked abetting the extinction of the white race.
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1) “Slaves of General Thomas F. Drayton,” by Henry P. Moore, [ Ссылка ], public domain
2) “Cotton Belt Region Map” By Caliga10 at the English language Wikipedia, [ Ссылка ] , CC BY-SA 3.0
3) “Effects of the Fugitive Slave Law,” Theodor Kaufmann, Hoff & Bloede, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, [ Ссылка ], public domain
4) “Richmond, VA, Front view of Capitol,” Author Unknown, Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [ Ссылка ], public domain
5) “General Benning_3010” by James Emery, [ Ссылка ] CC BY 2.0
6) “The Freedmen’s Bureau,” Alfred R. Waud, Harper’s Weekly, 1868, Library of Congress, [ Ссылка ], public domain
7) “First Colored Senator and Representative,” Currier & Ives, 1872, Library of Congress, [ Ссылка ], public domain
8) “Emancipation Day in South Carolina,” Frank Leslie, 1863, Library of Congress, [ Ссылка ], public domain
9) “Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery in Washington, DC,” Frederick Dielman, 1866, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, [ Ссылка ], public domain
10) “Virginia Ordinance of Secession,” 1861, [ Ссылка ]
