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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... secure man in slavery are null and void , and , if carried into execution , are in di- rect violation of the Constitution of our country . To say our fathers guaranteed slavery to the - South , is advancing a doctrine so opposed to 14 ...
... secure man in slavery are null and void , and , if carried into execution , are in di- rect violation of the Constitution of our country . To say our fathers guaranteed slavery to the - South , is advancing a doctrine so opposed to 14 ...
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... secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 " In this case the violation of the Constitution was suf fered to pass with but little opposition , except from Massachusetts , because we were content to receive in ...
... secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 " In this case the violation of the Constitution was suf fered to pass with but little opposition , except from Massachusetts , because we were content to receive in ...
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... secure the person from excessive fines , and secure him , before punishment , a trial by jury , and also freed him from cruel and unusual punishments . He also objected to the article that made the State amenable to the courts of the ...
... secure the person from excessive fines , and secure him , before punishment , a trial by jury , and also freed him from cruel and unusual punishments . He also objected to the article that made the State amenable to the courts of the ...
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... secure the slave his indi- vidual rights , and the rights of the States , of which they were also very jealous , they satisfied their consciences to its other provisions ; and , after these amendments were adopted by congress , they ...
... secure the slave his indi- vidual rights , and the rights of the States , of which they were also very jealous , they satisfied their consciences to its other provisions ; and , after these amendments were adopted by congress , they ...
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... secure these rights , govern- ments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; that , whenever any government becomes destruc- tive to these ends , it is the right of the people to alter or ...
... secure these rights , govern- ments are instituted among men , deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ; that , whenever any government becomes destruc- tive to these ends , it is the right of the people to alter or ...
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