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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... continued on the name of his country , and the consequent injury he has inflicted on the cause of freedom throughout the world . Although all the different administrations had , in the indirect man- ner already stated , favored slavery ...
... continued on the name of his country , and the consequent injury he has inflicted on the cause of freedom throughout the world . Although all the different administrations had , in the indirect man- ner already stated , favored slavery ...
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... continued the negro slave - trade without remorse . We have seen Elizabeth of England a partner in the commerce , of which the Stuarts , to the day of Queen Anne , were distinguished partners : the city . of Amsterdam did not blush to ...
... continued the negro slave - trade without remorse . We have seen Elizabeth of England a partner in the commerce , of which the Stuarts , to the day of Queen Anne , were distinguished partners : the city . of Amsterdam did not blush to ...
Page 102
... continued to increase and expand in this country , through all the vari- ous conflicts it had to maintain , till , finally , it burst out in our revolutionary struggle . The Declara- tion of Independence , as has been said , formed a ...
... continued to increase and expand in this country , through all the vari- ous conflicts it had to maintain , till , finally , it burst out in our revolutionary struggle . The Declara- tion of Independence , as has been said , formed a ...
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... continued existence ? No ; the ex- cuse was , there was a considerable property en- gaged in the trade , and more laborers were wanted at the South ; and , by a mistaken policy , or a determined wickedness on the part of some , it was ...
... continued existence ? No ; the ex- cuse was , there was a considerable property en- gaged in the trade , and more laborers were wanted at the South ; and , by a mistaken policy , or a determined wickedness on the part of some , it was ...
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... continued . Mr. Edmund Randolph , in a letter addressed to the house of delegates of Virginia , upon the subject of adopting the Constitution , says , in speaking of the equality of suffrage , & c.— " I hope Virginia will be seconded by ...
... continued . Mr. Edmund Randolph , in a letter addressed to the house of delegates of Virginia , upon the subject of adopting the Constitution , says , in speaking of the equality of suffrage , & c.— " I hope Virginia will be seconded by ...
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