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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... stitution ; in truth , that there is no legal or rightful slavery in the United States , nor can there be , by any powers either in the State or United States government ; much less is there any constitutional power in the individual ...
... stitution ; in truth , that there is no legal or rightful slavery in the United States , nor can there be , by any powers either in the State or United States government ; much less is there any constitutional power in the individual ...
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... stitution their delegates received no instructions on the subject of slavery , while those from South Carolina and Georgia did . The delegates from this State were left to act according to their own judgment on the subject , and it may ...
... stitution their delegates received no instructions on the subject of slavery , while those from South Carolina and Georgia did . The delegates from this State were left to act according to their own judgment on the subject , and it may ...
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... stitution recognized the system so far as to base taxation and representation upon it , ( for it is maintained , and without doubt it is the case , the three fifths of all other persons meant slaves , ) con- sequently slavery is ...
... stitution recognized the system so far as to base taxation and representation upon it , ( for it is maintained , and without doubt it is the case , the three fifths of all other persons meant slaves , ) con- sequently slavery is ...
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... stitution ; whether it acknowledges in terms , or by language , in its ordinary acceptation , that could be so construed as to give one citizen or one person of the United States the right over the liberty of another ; whether , in the ...
... stitution ; whether it acknowledges in terms , or by language , in its ordinary acceptation , that could be so construed as to give one citizen or one person of the United States the right over the liberty of another ; whether , in the ...
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... Let us not be misunderstood . We do not advance the idea , that this clause of the Con- stitution was brought forward for the purpose of securing the runaway apprentice , or the person who had FIRST SETTLERS OF THE COUNTRY . 99.
... Let us not be misunderstood . We do not advance the idea , that this clause of the Con- stitution was brought forward for the purpose of securing the runaway apprentice , or the person who had FIRST SETTLERS OF THE COUNTRY . 99.
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