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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... given , we think there ought to be something more than inuendoes to maintain it ; that the subject to be guaranteed should be ex- pressly stated ; that nothing should have been left to inference ; that , in a case so important , a clear ...
... given , we think there ought to be something more than inuendoes to maintain it ; that the subject to be guaranteed should be ex- pressly stated ; that nothing should have been left to inference ; that , in a case so important , a clear ...
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... given some uneasiness to the slaveholders of the neighboring States ; and , for their accommodation chiefly , a negotiation was set on foot by the government to purchase it . " Missouri was next in order , in 1821. She could plead no ...
... given some uneasiness to the slaveholders of the neighboring States ; and , for their accommodation chiefly , a negotiation was set on foot by the government to purchase it . " Missouri was next in order , in 1821. She could plead no ...
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... GIVEN TO SLAVERY ! THE SANCTION OF THE " Immediately after this achievement the slaveholding interest was still more strongly fortified by the acquisi- tion and the establishment of slavery there , as it had already been in the ...
... GIVEN TO SLAVERY ! THE SANCTION OF THE " Immediately after this achievement the slaveholding interest was still more strongly fortified by the acquisi- tion and the establishment of slavery there , as it had already been in the ...
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... given Mr. Birney's views of the manner slavery has advanced in the country , be- cause we think they are plain , explicit , and to the point , and show how slavery has advanced by successive steps from being considered the worst of ...
... given Mr. Birney's views of the manner slavery has advanced in the country , be- cause we think they are plain , explicit , and to the point , and show how slavery has advanced by successive steps from being considered the worst of ...
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... given in the account , " could not rest till he had thrown up his commission and retired from the service . " General Wayne , in his letter to General Wash- ington on the surrender of Stony Point , wrote to this effect : “ Dear General ...
... given in the account , " could not rest till he had thrown up his commission and retired from the service . " General Wayne , in his letter to General Wash- ington on the surrender of Stony Point , wrote to this effect : “ Dear General ...
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