An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery, Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this SubjectAMS Press, 1973 - 440 páginas |
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... slavery was already a waning institution , destined soon to pass away . In their time , ( 1787 , ) slaves were comparatively of little value , there being then no great slave staple ( as cotton is now ) to make them profitable to the ...
... slavery was already a waning institution , destined soon to pass away . In their time , ( 1787 , ) slaves were comparatively of little value , there being then no great slave staple ( as cotton is now ) to make them profitable to the ...
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... slavery , did not approve of the expression slaves ; they therefore used another that answered the same pur- pose ... slavery . Is there any thing in this Constitution which says that congress shall have it in their power to abolish the ...
... slavery , did not approve of the expression slaves ; they therefore used another that answered the same pur- pose ... slavery . Is there any thing in this Constitution which says that congress shall have it in their power to abolish the ...
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... slavery one of the settled institutions of the land , and alter all their ideas as to the beneficial effects of slavery , and now determine to call it a good , and have it extended throughout the country ; so that our laborious farmers ...
... slavery one of the settled institutions of the land , and alter all their ideas as to the beneficial effects of slavery , and now determine to call it a good , and have it extended throughout the country ; so that our laborious farmers ...
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CHAPTER I | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 36 |
Quotations showing the Character of the People who came | 90 |
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