THE

CONSTITUTIONAL

AND

POLITICAL HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

BY

DR. H. TON HOLST,

PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY
JOHN J. LALOR AND ALFRED B. MASON.

1750-1833.

STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND SLAVERY.

CHICAGO:

CALLAGHAN AND COMPANY.
1876.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,

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