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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... answer in the affirmative , and act accordingly . Knowing , however , our own weakness and our own wants , we must act in a different manner . Let But we affirm , according to our present arrange- ment , the Southern States can in no ...
... answer in the affirmative , and act accordingly . Knowing , however , our own weakness and our own wants , we must act in a different manner . Let But we affirm , according to our present arrange- ment , the Southern States can in no ...
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... answer in the affirmative ; neither could we have believed , had it not been done by so many individuals , that a single person could have been found , that would have admitted it possible any one could , in this country , be driven ...
... answer in the affirmative ; neither could we have believed , had it not been done by so many individuals , that a single person could have been found , that would have admitted it possible any one could , in this country , be driven ...
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... answer to certain inquiries made of him respecting the intentions and pros- pects of the abolitionists of the North , states the case in a clear and distinct light . He says , " The ascendency that slavery has acquired and ex- ercises ...
... answer to certain inquiries made of him respecting the intentions and pros- pects of the abolitionists of the North , states the case in a clear and distinct light . He says , " The ascendency that slavery has acquired and ex- ercises ...
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... 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 . 66 Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world , having taught a ...
... 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 . 66 Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world , having taught a ...
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... answered the general , the heart is all ; and when that is much interested a man can do any thing . Many a youth would think it hard to indent himself a slave for fourteen years . But let him be over head and ears in love , and with ...
... answered the general , the heart is all ; and when that is much interested a man can do any thing . Many a youth would think it hard to indent himself a slave for fourteen years . But let him be over head and ears in love , and with ...
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