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... SLAVERY AND THE WEST CHAPTER XI - THE GATHERING CLOUD SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES 71. The petition of the Georgia colonists for slavery , 1738 PETER FORCE , Tracts ( see No. 12 ) , Vol . I , no . 4 , PP . 37-41 . THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 72 ...
... SLAVERY AND THE WEST CHAPTER XI - THE GATHERING CLOUD SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES 71. The petition of the Georgia colonists for slavery , 1738 PETER FORCE , Tracts ( see No. 12 ) , Vol . I , no . 4 , PP . 37-41 . THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE 72 ...
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... slavery , will gradually retire westward , and settle upon fresh lands , which are said also to be more fertile ; where by the servitude of a negro or two , they may enjoy all the satisfaction of an easy and indolent independ- ency ...
... slavery , will gradually retire westward , and settle upon fresh lands , which are said also to be more fertile ; where by the servitude of a negro or two , they may enjoy all the satisfaction of an easy and indolent independ- ency ...
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... slavery . . . . If we are told that those who lay these taxes upon the colo- nies , are men of the highest character for their wisdom , justice , and integrity , and therefore cannot be supposed to deal hardly , unjustly or unequally by ...
... slavery . . . . If we are told that those who lay these taxes upon the colo- nies , are men of the highest character for their wisdom , justice , and integrity , and therefore cannot be supposed to deal hardly , unjustly or unequally by ...
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... slavery , whose property may be taken from them under the notion of right , when they have refused to give it . For my part , I think I have good reason for vindicating the honor of the assemblies on this continent , by publicly ...
... slavery , whose property may be taken from them under the notion of right , when they have refused to give it . For my part , I think I have good reason for vindicating the honor of the assemblies on this continent , by publicly ...
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... the character of English- men , preferring death to slavery , were inhumanly murdered by the King's troops at or near Lexington and Concord . " Major instantly called to the Soldiers not to fire , British Rule in America 129.
... the character of English- men , preferring death to slavery , were inhumanly murdered by the King's troops at or near Lexington and Concord . " Major instantly called to the Soldiers not to fire , British Rule in America 129.
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Términos y frases comunes
29th Congress American appointed April arms Articles of Confederation Assembly authority Boston Britain British called cause Charles II Christian citizens civil colonies command commerce Commonwealth of England Confederation Congress Constitution Convention Cotton Mather Council declare DENONVILLE desire Dongan Dutch duty enemies England English favor foreign France French friends give Governor granted hath History honor House independence Indians inhabitants interest Island Jefferson John Quincy Adams King land laws legislature letter liberty Lincoln live Lord Majesty Majesty's March Massachusetts ment miles minister Missouri Monroe Doctrine nation negroes Netherland never North officers opinion Parliament party peace persons Plantations political present President principles protection province received republican river Secretary Senate sent ship slavery slaves South Carolina Southern Spain taxes territory Texas things tion town trade treaty troops Union United unto vessels Virginia Washington William Penn York
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Página 408 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 276 - ... the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 445 - O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Página 446 - For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Página 177 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 248 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book ? or goes to an American play ? or looks at an American picture or statue...
Página 245 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments.
Página 236 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 559 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic or otherwise.
Página 384 - Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied, hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored Land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present...
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Historical Non-fiction: An Organized, Annotated, Supplementary Reference ... Sin vista previa disponible - 1964 |
In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility ... Silvan S. Schweber Vista previa limitada - 2000 |