 | 1901 - 604 pages
...the Spanish Colonies. Under George III. instructions were given to the Governor of Virginia, ' upon pain of the highest displeasure,' to assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should in any respect be prohibited or obstructed. In the hundred years which preceded 1776, 'English and... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1854 - 560 pages
...day of December, 1770, he issued an instruction, under his own hand, commanding the Governor, " upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law,...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." 1 In April 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. " They were... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1854 - 562 pages
...day of December, If70, he issued an instruction, under his own hand, commanding the Governor, " upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law,...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." 1 In April 17V2, this rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. " They were... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1855 - 420 pages
...day of December, 1770, he issued an instruction under his own hand, commanding the governor, " upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." (1) In April, 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. " They were... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 558 pages
...day of December, lTTO, he issued an instruction, under his own hand, commanding the Governor, "upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law,...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." l In April 1Y<T2, this rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. " They were... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...that in 1770 "he issued an instruction under his own hand commanding the governor (of Virginia), upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should be iu any respect prohibited or obstructed." Bancrofts American Revolution, vol. iii. p. 456: so that,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1857 - 568 pages
...to no law, by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." l In April 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. " They were verv anxious for an Act to restrain the introduc•f tion of people, the number of whom already in... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 514 pages
...10th of December, 1770, he issued a proclamation under his own hand, commanding the governor " upon pain of the highest displeasure to assent to no law...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." This rigorous order was solemnly debated in the Assembly of Virginia. They felt the necessity of an... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - England - 1858 - 894 pages
...that in 1770 "he issued an instruction under his own hand commanding the governor (of Virginia), upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." Bancroft's American. Revolution, vol. iii p. 456 : so that, as Mr. Bancroft indignantly observes, p.... | |
 | United States - 1859 - 424 pages
...he issued an instruction under his own hand, commanding the governor of Virginia, upon pain of his highest displeasure, to assent to no law by which...should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." An English writer observes, " the intense hatred with which George IH. regarded the Americans was so... | |
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upon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law, by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed. 
