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 страници |
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... manumission . And should this government be . amended , still this detestable kind of commerce cannot be discontinued till after the expiration of twenty years ; for the fifth article , which provides for amendments , expressly excepts ...
... manumission . And should this government be . amended , still this detestable kind of commerce cannot be discontinued till after the expiration of twenty years ; for the fifth article , which provides for amendments , expressly excepts ...
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... manumission . Another clause secures us that property which we now possess . At present , if any slave elopes to those States where slaves are free , he becomes emancipated by their laws ; for the laws of the States are uncharitable to ...
... manumission . Another clause secures us that property which we now possess . At present , if any slave elopes to those States where slaves are free , he becomes emancipated by their laws ; for the laws of the States are uncharitable to ...
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... manumitted . At the same moment it is opposed for being promotive and destructive of slavery . He con tended it would be advantageous : to Virginia , that it would be in the power of congress . to prevent the importation of slaves after ...
... manumitted . At the same moment it is opposed for being promotive and destructive of slavery . He con tended it would be advantageous : to Virginia , that it would be in the power of congress . to prevent the importation of slaves after ...
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... manumission . And have they not , sir ? Have they not power to provide for the general defence and welfare ? May they not think these call for the abolition of slavery ? May they not pronounce all slaves free , and will they not be ...
... manumission . And have they not , sir ? Have they not power to provide for the general defence and welfare ? May they not think these call for the abolition of slavery ? May they not pronounce all slaves free , and will they not be ...
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... manu- mission is incompatible with the felicity of the country . But we ought to soften , as much as possible , the rigors of their unhappy fate . I know that , in a variety of par- ticular instances , the legislature , listening to ...
... manu- mission is incompatible with the felicity of the country . But we ought to soften , as much as possible , the rigors of their unhappy fate . I know that , in a variety of par- ticular instances , the legislature , listening to ...
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