The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 16Americana Company, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... slavery or involuntary servitude ( except as a punishment for crime ) of all persons within the United States , or any place subject to their jurisdiction . Article XIV . , proclaimed to be in force 28 July 1868 , relates to citizenship ...
... slavery or involuntary servitude ( except as a punishment for crime ) of all persons within the United States , or any place subject to their jurisdiction . Article XIV . , proclaimed to be in force 28 July 1868 , relates to citizenship ...
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... SLAVERY .. FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES ( 1816–1861 ) . ... W. ROY SMITH , Associate in History , Bryn Mawr College EDWIN W. BOWEN , Professor of History , Randolph - Macon College WILLIAM E. DODD , Professor of History , Randolph ...
... SLAVERY .. FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES ( 1816–1861 ) . ... W. ROY SMITH , Associate in History , Bryn Mawr College EDWIN W. BOWEN , Professor of History , Randolph - Macon College WILLIAM E. DODD , Professor of History , Randolph ...
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... slavery . In May 1787 , a convention of delegates met at Philadelphia , charged with the duty of render- ing " the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Union . " The work lasted four months . Its product was the ...
... slavery . In May 1787 , a convention of delegates met at Philadelphia , charged with the duty of render- ing " the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of the Union . " The work lasted four months . Its product was the ...
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... slavery existed in nearly all the States , but was gradually disap- pearing in the North ; and even in such a State as Virginia there was strong opposition on prin- ciple to the whole system . By 1820 slavery was practically extinct ...
... slavery existed in nearly all the States , but was gradually disap- pearing in the North ; and even in such a State as Virginia there was strong opposition on prin- ciple to the whole system . By 1820 slavery was practically extinct ...
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... Slavery already existed there , but when the people asked admis- sion to the Union , difficulties arose . The South wished to have Missouri admitted as a slave State ; the North , not averse to its admission , desired to see it a free ...
... Slavery already existed there , but when the people asked admis- sion to the Union , difficulties arose . The South wished to have Missouri admitted as a slave State ; the North , not averse to its admission , desired to see it a free ...
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Page 106 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 9 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
Page 300 - The creed which accepts as the foundation ! of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
Page 106 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.
Page 106 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 143 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing Government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Page 101 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity; or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 123 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.