 | Joseph Sturge - History - 1842 - 360 pages
...signed ' Appomattox,' page 43, says— ' I thought, till very lately, that it was known to every body that during the revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was a favourite topic with many of our ablest statesmen ; who entertained with respect, all the schemes which... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - Antislavery movements - 1856 - 420 pages
...1832, said—" I thought, till very lately, it was known to everybody, that during the Eevolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery...favorite topic with many of our ablest statesmen." This too, was the religious sentiment of the Revolution, and of subsequent eras. The Presbyterian church... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 440 pages
...that it was known to every body that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the aboli tion of slavery was a favorite topic with many of our ablest...schemes which wisdom or ingenuity could suggest for its accomplishment." THE VOICE OF MARSHALL. Thomas Marshall, of Fauquier, said, in the Virginia Legislature,... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 432 pages
...that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the aboli tion of slavery was a favorite to topic with many of our ablest Statesmen, who entertained...schemes which wisdom or ingenuity could suggest for its accomplishment." THE VOICE OF MARSHALL. Thomas Marshall, of Fauquier, said, in the Virginia Legislature,... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 434 pages
...Virginia, in 1832, Mr. Leigh said : — '• I thought, till very lately, that it was known to every body that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was a favorite to topic with many of our ablest Statesmen, who entertained with respect all the schemes which wisdom... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...said, — "I thought, till very lately, that it was known to everybody that during the Eevolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery...schemes which wisdom or ingenuity could suggest for its accomplishment." Salmon P. Chase, in the Senate of the United States, in February, 1854, declared... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Antislavery movements - 1867 - 192 pages
...Leigh, of Virginia, remark, in 1832, " I thought, till very lately, that IT WAS KNOWN TO EVERYBODY, that during the revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was a favourite topic rvit/i many of our ablest statesmen, who entertained, with respect, all the schemes... | |
 | John Lewis Peyton - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 696 pages
...the same debate, Mr. BW Leigh said — "'I thought, until very lately, that it was known to everybody that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was the favourite topic with many of our ablest statesmen, who entertained, with respect, all the schemes... | |
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I thought, till very lately that it was known to every body that, during the Revolution, and for many years after, the abolition of slavery was a favorite topic with many of our ablest Statesmen, who entertained with respect all the schemes which wisdom... 