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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... thought in their power to put an end to the sys- tem , and leave it not only in the power of the government to destroy it , but absolutely , and in fact , by the system they adopted , they did not place it in the power of every ...
... thought in their power to put an end to the sys- tem , and leave it not only in the power of the government to destroy it , but absolutely , and in fact , by the system they adopted , they did not place it in the power of every ...
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... thought of , saving , perhaps , in the minds of some , the young giant was discovered while it was but a suckling . But it is asked how it is , then , that that which was considered so great an evil , at the time of which we are ...
... thought of , saving , perhaps , in the minds of some , the young giant was discovered while it was but a suckling . But it is asked how it is , then , that that which was considered so great an evil , at the time of which we are ...
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... thought 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 ...
... thought 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 ...
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... thought , for the most par the slave- holders were acting in good faith . It is not inte..ded by this expression that the South had all along pressed the admission of new States simply with the view to increase its own relative power ...
... thought , for the most par the slave- holders were acting in good faith . It is not inte..ded by this expression that the South had all along pressed the admission of new States simply with the view to increase its own relative power ...
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... thought proper and necessary , since so much has been said and admitted to the contrary , to show on what they are founded , and how such a position can be maintained ; and , in order so to do , it may be necessary to go back in our ...
... thought proper and necessary , since so much has been said and admitted to the contrary , to show on what they are founded , and how such a position can be maintained ; and , in order so to do , it may be necessary to go back in our ...
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