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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... slavery in this country under our present Constitution , as we ourself are con- vinced there can be none , we shall thank God and take courage . We therefore humbly dedicate this book to the people of the United States ; and , although ...
... slavery in this country under our present Constitution , as we ourself are con- vinced there can be none , we shall thank God and take courage . We therefore humbly dedicate this book to the people of the United States ; and , although ...
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... slavery was already a waning institution , destined soon to pass away . In their time , ( 1787 , ) slaves were comparatively of little value , there being then no great slave staple ( as cotton is now ) to make them profitable to the ...
... slavery was already a waning institution , destined soon to pass away . In their time , ( 1787 , ) slaves were comparatively of little value , there being then no great slave staple ( as cotton is now ) to make them profitable to the ...
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... slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , - deemed then the most effectual of the whole , but , as it turned out , the least so . " from him to the venerable Elias Little , and ...
... slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , - deemed then the most effectual of the whole , but , as it turned out , the least so . " from him to the venerable Elias Little , and ...
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... slavery would have extended over so large a space as it now does , if the trade had not been inter- dicted ; for the cheap - rate at which slaves could have been imported would have prevented the rearing them on American soil ; and , if ...
... slavery would have extended over so large a space as it now does , if the trade had not been inter- dicted ; for the cheap - rate at which slaves could have been imported would have prevented the rearing them on American soil ; and , if ...
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... slavery would have ceased to have existed at the time of the declaration of our independence ; and we think it can now be sufficiently shown the system has never been by law established , but that ways have been provided for its final ...
... slavery would have ceased to have existed at the time of the declaration of our independence ; and we think it can now be sufficiently shown the system has never been by law established , but that ways have been provided for its final ...
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