The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute , and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . " MILTON . IN FIVE VOLUMES VOL ...
... Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute , and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . " MILTON . IN FIVE VOLUMES VOL ...
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... Slavery — the Judiciary - Convention of 1821 - Internal Improvements - Canals - Railroads - Agriculture - Horticulture - the Croton Aqueduct Architecture - Science and Art - Steamboats - Physical Sciences Literature the Fine Arts ...
... Slavery — the Judiciary - Convention of 1821 - Internal Improvements - Canals - Railroads - Agriculture - Horticulture - the Croton Aqueduct Architecture - Science and Art - Steamboats - Physical Sciences Literature the Fine Arts ...
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... Slave - the Carrying away on her Person of Clothing and Trinkets , not an Act of Larceny- & c . THE M'LEOD CASE ... 547 Letters to the President of the United States - the Secretary of State Secretary of War - Attorney - General ...
... Slave - the Carrying away on her Person of Clothing and Trinkets , not an Act of Larceny- & c . THE M'LEOD CASE ... 547 Letters to the President of the United States - the Secretary of State Secretary of War - Attorney - General ...
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... slavery was contemporaneous with the foundation of the colony , " the company pledging itself to furnish the colonial manors with negroes , if the traffic should prove lucra- tive . " No legal provision was made for the diffusion of ...
... slavery was contemporaneous with the foundation of the colony , " the company pledging itself to furnish the colonial manors with negroes , if the traffic should prove lucra- tive . " No legal provision was made for the diffusion of ...
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... slave , and a slave could not be a witness against a free man . The persons thus held in servitude were punishable by their masters to any extent short of privation of life or limb . The disabilities of the slave were hereditary , and ...
... slave , and a slave could not be a witness against a free man . The persons thus held in servitude were punishable by their masters to any extent short of privation of life or limb . The disabilities of the slave were hereditary , and ...
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