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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... freedom than at home , and of establishing , in this then wilderness , the basis of freer institutions than they were living under in their own country , but , at the same time , beneath this fair exterior they were entertaining ...
... freedom than at home , and of establishing , in this then wilderness , the basis of freer institutions than they were living under in their own country , but , at the same time , beneath this fair exterior they were entertaining ...
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... it might have been sup- posed the friends of freedom , and of the Constitution ac- cording to its original intent , would have made a stand . But no ; with the exception of Massachusetts , they 24 STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
... it might have been sup- posed the friends of freedom , and of the Constitution ac- cording to its original intent , would have made a stand . But no ; with the exception of Massachusetts , they 24 STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
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... freedom throughout the world . Although all the different administrations had , in the indirect man- ner already stated , favored slavery , there had not been , on any previous occasion , a direct struggle between its pretensions and ...
... freedom throughout the world . Although all the different administrations had , in the indirect man- ner already stated , favored slavery , there had not been , on any previous occasion , a direct struggle between its pretensions and ...
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... freedom , be- cause it would seem like arguing a point that every one admitted , and that it was too plain and palpable on the face of our history to be denied ; and perhaps it may be said it is not denied ; but yet , when respectable ...
... freedom , be- cause it would seem like arguing a point that every one admitted , and that it was too plain and palpable on the face of our history to be denied ; and perhaps it may be said it is not denied ; but yet , when respectable ...
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... freedom through- out the States was , as we believe , because they had no champion among their own number to assert and make known their rights , and bring their cause before the mind of the public . Cer- tain it was , the men of that ...
... freedom through- out the States was , as we believe , because they had no champion among their own number to assert and make known their rights , and bring their cause before the mind of the public . Cer- tain it was , the men of that ...
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