It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state.
-- William H. Seward
   
William H. Seward   Name:
William H. Seward
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
American
Birth:
May 16, 1801
Death:
October 10, 1872
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