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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... true liberty is founded ? and is it not wonderful a man could speak as Mr. Henry here does of individual rights , that the object of the revolution was not for making a " great government , " but to secure " individual freedom , " when ...
... true liberty is founded ? and is it not wonderful a man could speak as Mr. Henry here does of individual rights , that the object of the revolution was not for making a " great government , " but to secure " individual freedom , " when ...
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... true as regards the power of a State to suppress an insurrection of its inhabitants , yet it is true that , when a State calls on congress for assistance in case of an insurrection , she is bound to give it ; and consequently can it be ...
... true as regards the power of a State to suppress an insurrection of its inhabitants , yet it is true that , when a State calls on congress for assistance in case of an insurrection , she is bound to give it ; and consequently can it be ...
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... true liberty , it is necessary to keep him under the restraints which the peculiar institution of slavery affords . These are grave assertions , and perhaps should be answered with gravity ; and , in doing so , we must simply refer the ...
... true liberty , it is necessary to keep him under the restraints which the peculiar institution of slavery affords . These are grave assertions , and perhaps should be answered with gravity ; and , in doing so , we must simply refer the ...
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CHAPTER I | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 36 |
Quotations showing the Character of the People who came | 90 |
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