The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1 |
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Page 29
... secured by setting foot on English soil , that no reason could be found why slaves should not be equally free when they set foot in Jamaica , or any other English plantation . All our colonies are subject to the laws of England ...
... secured by setting foot on English soil , that no reason could be found why slaves should not be equally free when they set foot in Jamaica , or any other English plantation . All our colonies are subject to the laws of England ...
Page 49
... secured to Slavery by the Consti- tution ; and these , doubtless , were 49 among the considerations which se- cured its ratification , by that body , by a vote of 149 to 73. Other Southern States may have been thus affected . It has ...
... secured to Slavery by the Consti- tution ; and these , doubtless , were 49 among the considerations which se- cured its ratification , by that body , by a vote of 149 to 73. Other Southern States may have been thus affected . It has ...
Page 50
... secured . Accident , and the peculiar require- ments of the Articles of Confedera- tion , prevented this . Mr. Dane's Or- dinance of 1787 contemplated only the territories already ceded to the The Rev. Jonathan Edwards ( son of the fa ...
... secured . Accident , and the peculiar require- ments of the Articles of Confedera- tion , prevented this . Mr. Dane's Or- dinance of 1787 contemplated only the territories already ceded to the The Rev. Jonathan Edwards ( son of the fa ...
Page 57
... secured liberty , with the enjoy- ment of all the " rights , advantages , and immunities of citizens of the United States , " to the colored as well as the white Louisianians of that day . But it is hardly supposable that this was ...
... secured liberty , with the enjoy- ment of all the " rights , advantages , and immunities of citizens of the United States , " to the colored as well as the white Louisianians of that day . But it is hardly supposable that this was ...
Page 61
... secured , it was deemed unsafe to gratify their curiosity ; so they broke open the building by night , and carried off the wonderful prize . Before he could complete his model and secure his patent , a number of imitations had been made ...
... secured , it was deemed unsafe to gratify their curiosity ; so they broke open the building by night , and carried off the wonderful prize . Before he could complete his model and secure his patent , a number of imitations had been made ...
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