An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this SubjectSaxton & Peirce, 1841 - 440 páginas |
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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 ...
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... 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 , " without confining it to any particular period . " Mr. Martin says they were willing to agree to this clause as it now stands , but the " same reasons which caused them to strike out the word ' national , ' and ...
... importation of slaves , " without confining it to any particular period . " Mr. Martin says they were willing to agree to this clause as it now stands , but the " same reasons which caused them to strike out the word ' national , ' and ...
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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 ...
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