An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this Subject |
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... power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was thought at that time to be impossible to maintain slavery as a system on this con- tinent , so great was the havoc on human life ...
... power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was thought at that time to be impossible to maintain slavery as a system on this con- tinent , so great was the havoc on human life ...
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... congress of these powers , it was reason- ably enough supposed , would , at least , prevent the growth of slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , the most effectual of the ...
... congress of these powers , it was reason- ably enough supposed , would , at least , prevent the growth of slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , the most effectual of the ...
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... congress of the power it possessed , or rather to the unfaithful application of their power to other points , on which it was expected to act for the limitation and extirpation of slavery , that the hopes of our fathers have not been ...
... congress of the power it possessed , or rather to the unfaithful application of their power to other points , on which it was expected to act for the limitation and extirpation of slavery , that the hopes of our fathers have not been ...
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... power- ful nation disposed to oppress them , " & c . Extract from the answer of General Mifflin , the Pres- ident of Congress , to the Speech made by General Washington , on his resigning his Commission , Decem- ber 23 , 1783 . " Having ...
... power- ful nation disposed to oppress them , " & c . Extract from the answer of General Mifflin , the Pres- ident of Congress , to the Speech made by General Washington , on his resigning his Commission , Decem- ber 23 , 1783 . " Having ...
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... power of going from one State to another as he listed . He might be deprived of the privileges of a free citizen in ... congress assembled , in all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them . " Now we should construe ...
... power of going from one State to another as he listed . He might be deprived of the privileges of a free citizen in ... congress assembled , in all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them . " Now we should construe ...
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