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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... power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was thought at that time to be impossible to maintain slavery as a system on this con- tinent , so great was the havoc on human life ...
... power was con- ferred on congress to put a stop to the African slave- trade , without which it was thought at that time to be impossible to maintain slavery as a system on this con- tinent , so great was the havoc on human life ...
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... congress of these powers , it was reason- ably enough supposed , would , at least , prevent the growth of slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , - deemed then the most ...
... congress of these powers , it was reason- ably enough supposed , would , at least , prevent the growth of slavery , if it did not entirely remove it . Congress did , at the same time , execute one of them , - deemed then the most ...
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... congress of the power it possessed , or rather to the unfaithful application of their power to other points , on which it was expected to act for the limitation and extirpation of slavery , that the hopes of our fathers have not been ...
... congress of the power it possessed , or rather to the unfaithful application of their power to other points , on which it was expected to act for the limitation and extirpation of slavery , that the hopes of our fathers have not been ...
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... congress , and from the observations made by distinguished men of that day ... congress of the United States ; and that it must have been ob- served , at the ... power over , others , marked out , by his infinite goodness and wisdom , as ...
... congress , and from the observations made by distinguished men of that day ... congress of the United States ; and that it must have been ob- served , at the ... power over , others , marked out , by his infinite goodness and wisdom , as ...
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... power- ful nation disposed to oppress them , " & c . Extract from the answer of General Mifflin , the Pres- ident of Congress , to the Speech made by General Washington , on his resigning his Commission , Decem- ber 23 , 1783 . 66 ...
... power- ful nation disposed to oppress them , " & c . Extract from the answer of General Mifflin , the Pres- ident of Congress , to the Speech made by General Washington , on his resigning his Commission , Decem- ber 23 , 1783 . 66 ...
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