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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... slavery , but of every other that time should reveal in our institutions or practice , had been fully secured to the people . Again , power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was ...
... slavery , but of every other that time should reveal in our institutions or practice , had been fully secured to the people . Again , power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was ...
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... importation of slaves into any of the States does not appear questionable . " The first article of the Constitution specifies the legislative powers committed to congress . The ninth section of this article has these words : ' The ...
... importation of slaves into any of the States does not appear questionable . " The first article of the Constitution specifies the legislative powers committed to congress . The ninth section of this article has these words : ' The ...
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... slave trade did not diminish the trade itself , or mitigate its horrors . It simply transferred from Africa to America " its profits from African princes to American farmers . " He doubted if slavery ... slaves could have been imported would ...
... slave trade did not diminish the trade itself , or mitigate its horrors . It simply transferred from Africa to America " its profits from African princes to American farmers . " He doubted if slavery ... slaves could have been imported would ...
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... importation , as respects persons , we will admit , for the sake of the argument , that they referred to slaves , though it might be supposed the putting on such a forced meaning to the word migration was altogether gratuitous , and ...
... importation , as respects persons , we will admit , for the sake of the argument , that they referred to slaves , though it might be supposed the putting on such a forced meaning to the word migration was altogether gratuitous , and ...
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... slaves that was meant ; and , in so doing , we must confess here was a great ... slaves in Africa and bringing them to these shores , or buying them in one ... slave - trade with its proper definition , and we hope a brand equally as ...
... slaves that was meant ; and , in so doing , we must confess here was a great ... slaves in Africa and bringing them to these shores , or buying them in one ... slave - trade with its proper definition , and we hope a brand equally as ...
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