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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... STATE CONVENTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT . By G. W. F. MELLEN . Shall I hold another in slavery , when I myself would be free ! BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY SAXTON & PEIRCE . 1841 . Entered according to act of Congress , in the year.
... STATE CONVENTIONS ON THIS SUBJECT . By G. W. F. MELLEN . Shall I hold another in slavery , when I myself would be free ! BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY SAXTON & PEIRCE . 1841 . Entered according to act of Congress , in the year.
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... Mellen. Entered according to act of Congress , in the year 1841 , BY G. W. F. MELLEN , in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts . BRITISH MUSEUM PREFACE . IN presenting the public with the present vol-
... Mellen. Entered according to act of Congress , in the year 1841 , BY G. W. F. MELLEN , in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts . BRITISH MUSEUM PREFACE . IN presenting the public with the present vol-
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... Congress on the Adoption of the Amendments , CHAPTER XIV . The Proceedings of Congress on the Presentation of the Petition by the Society of Quakers for the Abolition of Slavery , CHAPTER XV . Arguments derived from the Decisions of the ...
... Congress on the Adoption of the Amendments , CHAPTER XIV . The Proceedings of Congress on the Presentation of the Petition by the Society of Quakers for the Abolition of Slavery , CHAPTER XV . Arguments derived from the Decisions of the ...
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... 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 . Authoris ty was also granted to ...
... 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 . Authoris ty was also granted to ...
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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 , - deemed then the most ...
... 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 , - deemed then the most ...
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