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Thus it was that the South was overrun by hostile British armies, while in the North-comparatively free of this element of weakness disaster after disaster met them. At last, however, in 1782, came the recognition of our Independence, and peace, followed by the evacuation of New York at the close of 1783. The lessons of the war, touching Slavery, had not been lost upon our statesmen.
Thus it was that the South was overrun by hostile British armies, while in the North-comparatively free of this element of weakness disaster after disaster met them. At last, however, in 1782, came the recognition of our Independence, and peace, followed by the evacuation of New York at the close of 1783. The lessons of the war, touching Slavery, had not been lost upon our statesmen.
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