I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law. The Works of Charles Sumner - Página 96por Charles Sumner - 1875Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Washington - 1835 - 568 páginas
...particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — September 9th, 1786. I will make no apology for writing to you on this subject, for, if Mr. Dalby... | |
| William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 páginas
...particular circumstances should compel ms to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — Washington. "Just Death ! kind umpire of man's miseries." " Our little life is rounded with a sleep."... | |
| William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 páginas
...circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes la see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — Washington. "Just Death ! kind umpire of man's miseries." " Our little life is rounded with a sleep."... | |
| 1836 - 406 páginas
...compel me to it, t» possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some pla» adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." STATE OF AFRICA. The Boston Recorder for lust New Year's day contains a Icng and interesting editorial... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 páginas
...particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — September 9th, 1786. I will make no apology for writing to you on this subject, for, if Mr. Dalby... | |
| Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 páginas
...particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." ' Mr. JEFFERSON asks, " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their... | |
| William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 páginas
...circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes Ip see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — WaMngton. "Just Death ! kind umpire of man's miseries." " Our little life is roumded with a slesp."... | |
| Theodore Dwight Weld - 1838 - 66 páginas
...legislative authority." In a letter to John Fenton Mercer, dated Sept. 9, 1786, he says : " It is among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." In a letter to Sir John Sinclair, he says : " There are in Pennsylvania, laws for the gradual abolition... | |
| 1838 - 400 páginas
...particular circumstance should compel we to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law."f The following extract is from a letter to the Marquis de Lafayett«, dated 10f May, 17S6: The... | |
| Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 454 páginas
...particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished bylaw. - "—Letter to John F. Mercer. These were the sentiments of the father of his-country on this... | |
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