An American HistoryGinn and Company, 1920 - 537 páginas |
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David Saville Muzzey. negro slaves to tropical America . Spain governed the American lands despotically . Commerce and ... slave estates and treated both Indians and negroes with frightful severity . In spite of these evil features ...
David Saville Muzzey. negro slaves to tropical America . Spain governed the American lands despotically . Commerce and ... slave estates and treated both Indians and negroes with frightful severity . In spite of these evil features ...
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... slave labor . Broad navigable rivers , reaching well up into the level lands , gave every planter his private wharf and made the huge plantations resemble feudal estates , with their stately manor houses dominating the stables , the ...
... slave labor . Broad navigable rivers , reaching well up into the level lands , gave every planter his private wharf and made the huge plantations resemble feudal estates , with their stately manor houses dominating the stables , the ...
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... slave trade were annulled by the crown because of the heavy profits which the English courtiers were reaping from that infamous business . The scornful treatment of colonial officers and troops by the British regulars , in the French ...
... slave trade were annulled by the crown because of the heavy profits which the English courtiers were reaping from that infamous business . The scornful treatment of colonial officers and troops by the British regulars , in the French ...
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... slaves were to be included in making up the apportionment for Congress , so that a state with 100,000 white in- habitants and 50,000 slaves would be reckoned as having a popu- lation of 130,000 . Congress was not to disturb the slave ...
... slaves were to be included in making up the apportionment for Congress , so that a state with 100,000 white in- habitants and 50,000 slaves would be reckoned as having a popu- lation of 130,000 . Congress was not to disturb the slave ...
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... slave system was fixed on the South . Less than 200,000 pounds of cotton were exported in 1791 , but in 1807 , on the eve of the embargo , the exports reached 63,000,000 pounds . Wisconsin Fox R. Ft.Dearbor Peoria L. MICHIGAN Detroit ...
... slave system was fixed on the South . Less than 200,000 pounds of cotton were exported in 1791 , but in 1807 , on the eve of the embargo , the exports reached 63,000,000 pounds . Wisconsin Fox R. Ft.Dearbor Peoria L. MICHIGAN Detroit ...
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Página 108 - Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Página 528 - States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Página 533 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Página 538 - After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Página 538 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Página 307 - It matters not what way the Supreme Court may hereafter decide as to the abstract question whether slavery may or may not go into a Territory under the Constitution, the people have the lawful means to introduce it or exclude it as they please, for the reason that slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.
Página 250 - I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard.
Página 538 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Página 538 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll. VIRGINIA. — John Blair, James Madison, Jr. NORTH CAROLINA. — William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson. SOUTH CAROLINA. — John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler. GEORGIA. — William Few, Abraham Baldwin. Attest: WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Página 307 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, — I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction ; or its advocates will...