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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... North- ern States , who should see one man beating an- other in the street , would not endeavor to know the cause of the assault , and , if in our power , pre- vent its continuance ; or , if we should see one flying from an infuriated ...
... North- ern States , who should see one man beating an- other in the street , would not endeavor to know the cause of the assault , and , if in our power , pre- vent its continuance ; or , if we should see one flying from an infuriated ...
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... North Carolina , CHAPTER XI . Extracts from the Observations made in the Convention of Pennsylvania , - 262 294 CHAPTER XII . Extracts from Mr. Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry , - 320 CHAPTER XIII . Extracts from Proceedings of Congress on ...
... North Carolina , CHAPTER XI . Extracts from the Observations made in the Convention of Pennsylvania , - 262 294 CHAPTER XII . Extracts from Mr. Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry , - 320 CHAPTER XIII . Extracts from Proceedings of Congress on ...
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... North , states the case in a clear and distinct light . He says , " The ascendency that slavery has acquired and ex- ercises , in the administration of the government , and the apprehension now prevailing among the sober and intel ...
... North , states the case in a clear and distinct light . He says , " The ascendency that slavery has acquired and ex- ercises , in the administration of the government , and the apprehension now prevailing among the sober and intel ...
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... North . They thought , for the most par the slave- holders were acting in good faith . It is not inte..ded by this expression that the South had all along pressed the admission of new States simply with the view to increase its own ...
... North . They thought , for the most par the slave- holders were acting in good faith . It is not inte..ded by this expression that the South had all along pressed the admission of new States simply with the view to increase its own ...
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... North Carolina was settled for the most part by Quakers , and the people of that State have been , from the beginning , less attached to slavery , if we can judge from the proceedings of their public bodies , than most of the Southern ...
... North Carolina was settled for the most part by Quakers , and the people of that State have been , from the beginning , less attached to slavery , if we can judge from the proceedings of their public bodies , than most of the Southern ...
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