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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... 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 would have extended over so large a ...
... 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 would have extended over so large a ...
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... slave ; and they gained a point ; for , in the Confederation , they had no control over the sub- ject in the ... slave - trade with its proper definition , and we hope a brand equally as infa- mous will be applied to all who may ...
... slave ; and they gained a point ; for , in the Confederation , they had no control over the sub- ject in the ... slave - trade with its proper definition , and we hope a brand equally as infa- mous will be applied to all who may ...
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... slave merchant ; " 3 so that , while Sir John " bears the odious distinction of having first interested England in the slave - trade , and , by his success , induced his queen to continue the traffic , it may be some consolation to the ...
... slave merchant ; " 3 so that , while Sir John " bears the odious distinction of having first interested England in the slave - trade , and , by his success , induced his queen to continue the traffic , it may be some consolation to the ...
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... slave - trade was forbidden , under the penalty of death . " " The early laws did not permit any man to be kept in prison for debt , except when there was some appear- ance of some estate which the debtor would not produce . Even the ...
... slave - trade was forbidden , under the penalty of death . " " The early laws did not permit any man to be kept in prison for debt , except when there was some appear- ance of some estate which the debtor would not produce . Even the ...
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