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Page 55
He was occasionally the attorney for a negro defendant whose freedom was in
question , though at the risk of prejudice to his political standing . Without
resorting to the courts , he secured the release of a free negro of Illinois , who had
landed ...
He was occasionally the attorney for a negro defendant whose freedom was in
question , though at the risk of prejudice to his political standing . Without
resorting to the courts , he secured the release of a free negro of Illinois , who had
landed ...
Page 137
These principles can not stand together . They are as opposite as God and
Mammon ; and whoever holds to the one must despise the other . . . . In our
greedy chase to make profit of the negro , let us beware how we “ cancel and tear
to pieces ...
These principles can not stand together . They are as opposite as God and
Mammon ; and whoever holds to the one must despise the other . . . . In our
greedy chase to make profit of the negro , let us beware how we “ cancel and tear
to pieces ...
Page 149
Of the Dred Scott decision he said : selences . na the custportan That decision
declares two propositions — first , that a negro can not sue in the United States
Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories .
Of the Dred Scott decision he said : selences . na the custportan That decision
declares two propositions — first , that a negro can not sue in the United States
Courts ; and secondly , that Congress can not prohibit slavery in the Territories .
Page 150
In two of the five States — New Jersey and North Carolina — that then gave the
free negro the right of voting , the right has since been taken away ; and in the
third — New York — it has been greatly abridged , while it has not been extended
...
In two of the five States — New Jersey and North Carolina — that then gave the
free negro the right of voting , the right has since been taken away ; and in the
third — New York — it has been greatly abridged , while it has not been extended
...
Page 151
In those days our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all , and
thought to include all ; but now to aid in making the bondage of the negro
universal and eternal , it is assailed , sneered at , construed , hawked at , and torn
, till , if its ...
In those days our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all , and
thought to include all ; but now to aid in making the bondage of the negro
universal and eternal , it is assailed , sneered at , construed , hawked at , and torn
, till , if its ...
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