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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... importation of such persons as any of the now existing States shall think proper to admit , shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax , or duty , may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten ...
... importation of such persons as any of the now existing States shall think proper to admit , shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year 1808 ; but a tax , or duty , may be imposed on such importation not exceeding ten ...
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... importation , not exceeding ten dollars for each person . " Though nothing is said , in this article , what is meant by the words migration and importation , as respects persons , we will admit , for the sake of the argument , that they ...
... importation , not exceeding ten dollars for each person . " Though nothing is said , in this article , what is meant by the words migration and importation , as respects persons , we will admit , for the sake of the argument , that they ...
Page 109
... importation of slaves till the year 1808 there was much diversity of opinion , and the represen- tatives from South Carolina and Georgia asserted that their States would never agree to a system that put it in the " power of the general ...
... importation of slaves till the year 1808 there was much diversity of opinion , and the represen- tatives from South Carolina and Georgia asserted that their States would never agree to a system that put it in the " power of the general ...
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... importation of slaves for a limited time ; and the restrictive clause relative to navigation acts was to be " omitted . " Here are some of the considerations of that compact of which we have heard so much ; and , however disgraceful it ...
... importation of slaves for a limited time ; and the restrictive clause relative to navigation acts was to be " omitted . " Here are some of the considerations of that compact of which we have heard so much ; and , however disgraceful it ...
Page 113
... importation of slaves , and to authorize the gene- ral government , from time to time , to make such regu- lations as should be thought most advantageous for the gradual abolition of slavery , and the emancipation of the slaves already ...
... importation of slaves , and to authorize the gene- ral government , from time to time , to make such regu- lations as should be thought most advantageous for the gradual abolition of slavery , and the emancipation of the slaves already ...
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