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... slavery . Our cause is just . Our union is perfect . . . . We mean not to dissolve that union [ between England and the colonies ] which has so long and so happily existed and which we sincerely wish to see restored . Necessity has not ...
... slavery . Our cause is just . Our union is perfect . . . . We mean not to dissolve that union [ between England and the colonies ] which has so long and so happily existed and which we sincerely wish to see restored . Necessity has not ...
Page 283
... slavery , which characterize the years 1815-1860 - the " middle period " of our history . The response of the Republican Congress to Madison's mes- sage of December 5 , 1815 , was prompt and hearty , and no less hearty was the response ...
... slavery , which characterize the years 1815-1860 - the " middle period " of our history . The response of the Republican Congress to Madison's mes- sage of December 5 , 1815 , was prompt and hearty , and no less hearty was the response ...
Page 310
... slavery in the proposed new state of Missouri , but with little surmise that they had exchanged the first shots in a conflict which was to plunge the country into civil war . Negro slavery had been introduced into the colony of James ...
... slavery in the proposed new state of Missouri , but with little surmise that they had exchanged the first shots in a conflict which was to plunge the country into civil war . Negro slavery had been introduced into the colony of James ...
Page 311
... slavery . A clause in the Treaty of Utrecht ( the " Asiento " ) gave to England the monopoly of the slave trade from ... slaves in the colonies ; 1 and how seri- ously the colonies then regarded the traffic is shown by the resolution of ...
... slavery . A clause in the Treaty of Utrecht ( the " Asiento " ) gave to England the monopoly of the slave trade from ... slaves in the colonies ; 1 and how seri- ously the colonies then regarded the traffic is shown by the resolution of ...
Page 312
... slaves " and " slavery " were not mentioned in the Constitution , the institution was recognized and treated with considerable indulgence . Three fifths of the slaves were added to the white population to make the federal apportionment ...
... slaves " and " slavery " were not mentioned in the Constitution , the institution was recognized and treated with considerable indulgence . Three fifths of the slaves were added to the white population to make the federal apportionment ...
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