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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... effect much , and did , perhaps , prevent a general emancipation from slavery throughout the United States at the time , there can , perhaps , be no doubt ; neither can there be any doubt that , through their solicitations , and the ...
... effect much , and did , perhaps , prevent a general emancipation from slavery throughout the United States at the time , there can , perhaps , be no doubt ; neither can there be any doubt that , through their solicitations , and the ...
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... effect the cause of the abolitionist . The abolitionists regard the Constitution with unabated affection . They hold in no common veneration the memory of those who made it . They would be the last to brand Franklin , and King , and Mor ...
... effect the cause of the abolitionist . The abolitionists regard the Constitution with unabated affection . They hold in no common veneration the memory of those who made it . They would be the last to brand Franklin , and King , and Mor ...
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... effects ; and Mr. Jefferson made it one of the grounds of complaint in the draft of the Declara- tion of Independence and it was approved by the committee who were appointed to make this draft— that Great Britain should have forced ...
... effects ; and Mr. Jefferson made it one of the grounds of complaint in the draft of the Declara- tion of Independence and it was approved by the committee who were appointed to make this draft— that Great Britain should have forced ...
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... effect of this speech on the young officer , that , when he returned to his own camp , being asked by Col. Watson , his commanding officer , what made him look so sad , he said , ' Why , sir , I have seen an American general and his ...
... effect of this speech on the young officer , that , when he returned to his own camp , being asked by Col. Watson , his commanding officer , what made him look so sad , he said , ' Why , sir , I have seen an American general and his ...
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... effect their safety and happiness . " Here , we think , are principles broad and comprehensive enough , and which , if carried out , would annihilate , and in fact , when they were adopted by the people of the United States as their ...
... effect their safety and happiness . " Here , we think , are principles broad and comprehensive enough , and which , if carried out , would annihilate , and in fact , when they were adopted by the people of the United States as their ...
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