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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... Southern States were foreign nations , and we had no connection or interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds ...
... Southern States were foreign nations , and we had no connection or interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds ...
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... Southern States of this Union , and when we know their cry is constantly ascending for assistance , can we , ought we , to fold our arms in indifference ? him who has never wanted , and never expects to want , the sympathies and aid of ...
... Southern States of this Union , and when we know their cry is constantly ascending for assistance , can we , ought we , to fold our arms in indifference ? him who has never wanted , and never expects to want , the sympathies and aid of ...
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... southern States that induced them to consent to have it contin- ued , and not because they had any sympathy for the system . It was urged that the white man could not work on the rice plains of the South ; and , unless there could be a ...
... southern States that induced them to consent to have it contin- ued , and not because they had any sympathy for the system . It was urged that the white man could not work on the rice plains of the South ; and , unless there could be a ...
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... Southern States . At the time of the formation of the Con- stitution their delegates received no instructions on the subject of slavery , while those from South Carolina and Georgia did . The delegates from this State were left to act ...
... Southern States . At the time of the formation of the Con- stitution their delegates received no instructions on the subject of slavery , while those from South Carolina and Georgia did . The delegates from this State were left to act ...
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... southern climate ; and all , as is said , for " liberty ; " and liberty not so much for them- selves as for posterity . If they were wrong , it seems , at least , we should be charitable towards such failings ; but yet here is the ...
... southern climate ; and all , as is said , for " liberty ; " and liberty not so much for them- selves as for posterity . If they were wrong , it seems , at least , we should be charitable towards such failings ; but yet here is the ...
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