The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia, Volumen1William Byrd Press, Incorporated, 1927 - 634 páginas |
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... Ministers of the Gospel ; whereby all the Citizens of the state became emancipated & free from contributions to any church revenue . " That from that period we have with pain and regrett , seen the propagation of the Gospel die away in ...
... Ministers of the Gospel ; whereby all the Citizens of the state became emancipated & free from contributions to any church revenue . " That from that period we have with pain and regrett , seen the propagation of the Gospel die away in ...
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... minister of their own , they and their titheables shall be free for ten years , from the first of May , 1721 . " Until the governor shall settle a court in Spotsylvania , the justices of the several counties of Essex , King and Queen ...
... minister of their own , they and their titheables shall be free for ten years , from the first of May , 1721 . " Until the governor shall settle a court in Spotsylvania , the justices of the several counties of Essex , King and Queen ...
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... Minister of Westover Parish , whose son , Peter Fontaine , Jr. , was present at the organization of Lunenburg County , and was the first surveyor of the Southern District of the County . Rev. Peter Fontaine's daughter , Marianne ...
... Minister of Westover Parish , whose son , Peter Fontaine , Jr. , was present at the organization of Lunenburg County , and was the first surveyor of the Southern District of the County . Rev. Peter Fontaine's daughter , Marianne ...
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... Creeks , adjoining the lands of Edloe , Daw and others ; 1Rev . John Brunskill , at one time minister of Cumberland Parish . Lunsford Lomax , Clement Read , Robert Jones and Nicholas THE PIONEERS : SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 105.
... Creeks , adjoining the lands of Edloe , Daw and others ; 1Rev . John Brunskill , at one time minister of Cumberland Parish . Lunsford Lomax , Clement Read , Robert Jones and Nicholas THE PIONEERS : SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 105.
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... Minister and inhabitants do labour under divers inconveniences : For removal of which for the future V. Be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of May , the said parish of St. Andrew shall be divided into two parishes ...
... Minister and inhabitants do labour under divers inconveniences : For removal of which for the future V. Be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of May , the said parish of St. Andrew shall be divided into two parishes ...
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The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and ... Landon Covington Bell Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and ... Landon C. Bell Sin vista previa disponible - 2011 |
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Página 351 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 541 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right, — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Página 508 - ... due regard for its actual existence among us, and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way and to all the constitutional obligations thrown about it.
Página 209 - That the Delegates appointed to represent this Colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States; absolved from all allegiance to, or dependance upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain...
Página 206 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 206 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Página 580 - I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern* States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795 — will not be complied witn. feu have chosen to maugurat, civil war, and having done so, we will meet it in a spirit as determined as the Administration has...
Página 480 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 504 - We all know the fact, and we all know the cause ; and every thing that these agitating people have done has been, not to enlarge, but to restrain, not to set free, but to bind faster, the slave population of the South.* Again, Sir, the violence of the Northern press is complained of.
Página 519 - In addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.