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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... admit such a doctrine , or would suffer it to gain publicity . To say our fathers- the persons who came over in the Mayflower , that Penn , that the Germans all left their shores , either openly avow- ing , or , by their subsequent ...
... admit such a doctrine , or would suffer it to gain publicity . To say our fathers- the persons who came over in the Mayflower , that Penn , that the Germans all left their shores , either openly avow- ing , or , by their subsequent ...
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... on a foreign shore , piracy ; and their ab- horrence of it has been shown , in a greater or less degree , in the various laws that have been made on the subject . We must admit , however , they 18 . STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
... on a foreign shore , piracy ; and their ab- horrence of it has been shown , in a greater or less degree , in the various laws that have been made on the subject . We must admit , however , they 18 . STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
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... 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 dollars for each person . ' " I understand the sense and meaning of this clause to be ...
... 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 dollars for each person . ' " I understand the sense and meaning of this clause to be ...
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... con- gress , in not exerting the power vested in it , to stop the domestic slave - trade , and in the abuse of the power of admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made application STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION . 23.
... con- gress , in not exerting the power vested in it , to stop the domestic slave - trade , and in the abuse of the power of admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made application STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION . 23.
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... admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made application , in 1792 , with a slaveholding Constitution in her hand . With what a mere technicality congress suffered itself to be dragged into torpor ! She was part of one of the ...
... admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made application , in 1792 , with a slaveholding Constitution in her hand . With what a mere technicality congress suffered itself to be dragged into torpor ! She was part of one of the ...
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