The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as maintained by others, seems to me purely imaginary, and of course the supposed equilibrium of those classes a mere conceit.
-- 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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