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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... Virginia , and , after residing there seven years , moved to New York , and gave freedom to his slaves . " Instead of turning them to the highest profit , he made provision for the old and infirm , while several of them testified their ...
... Virginia , and , after residing there seven years , moved to New York , and gave freedom to his slaves . " Instead of turning them to the highest profit , he made provision for the old and infirm , while several of them testified their ...
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... Virginia . The servant stood to his master in the relation of debtor , bound to discharge the cost of emigration by the entire employment of his powers for the benefit of his creditor ; " 1 and though there was more or less oppression ...
... Virginia . The servant stood to his master in the relation of debtor , bound to discharge the cost of emigration by the entire employment of his powers for the benefit of his creditor ; " 1 and though there was more or less oppression ...
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... Virginia . Many of them had reached the shores of Virginia as servants , doomed , according to the severe laws of that age , to a temporary servitude . Some of them even were convicts ; but it must be remembered the crimes of which they ...
... Virginia . Many of them had reached the shores of Virginia as servants , doomed , according to the severe laws of that age , to a temporary servitude . Some of them even were convicts ; but it must be remembered the crimes of which they ...
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... Virginia , begin to think has been brought too literally to pass . But Mr. Bancroft continues : " Thus , in addition to the difficulties which the de- graded castes of servants encountered in their endeavors to lift themselves into ...
... Virginia , begin to think has been brought too literally to pass . But Mr. Bancroft continues : " Thus , in addition to the difficulties which the de- graded castes of servants encountered in their endeavors to lift themselves into ...
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... Virginia was humane towards the white race was severe towards the negro . Doubts arose if the offspring of an Englishman by a negro woman should be bond or free ; and the rule of the Roman law prevailed over the Anglo - Saxon : the ...
... Virginia was humane towards the white race was severe towards the negro . Doubts arose if the offspring of an Englishman by a negro woman should be bond or free ; and the rule of the Roman law prevailed over the Anglo - Saxon : the ...
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