 | 1901 - 604 pages
...monopoly in the supply of slaves to the Spanish Colonies. Under George III. instructions were given to the Governor of Virginia, ' upon pain of the highest...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... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1854 - 560 pages
...tenth 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, by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." 1 In April 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1854 - 562 pages
...tenth 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, by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." 1 In April 17V2, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1854 - 482 pages
...tenth 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 by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed.' In April, 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1854 - 496 pages
...tenth 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 by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed.' In April, 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1855 - 420 pages
...10th 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 by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." (1) In April, 1772, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - Civilization - 1857 - 882 pages
...*•• Such was the king's zeal in favour of the slave-trade, that in 1770 "he issued an instruction under his own hand commanding the governor (of Virginia),...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:... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 558 pages
...tenth 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, by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." l In April 1Y<T2, this rigorous order was solemnly... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - England - 1858 - 722 pages
...118. *' Such was the king's zeal in favor of the slave-trade, that in 1770 " he issued an instruction under his own hand commanding the governor (of Virginia),...assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." Bancroft i American Revolution, vol. iii. p. 456... | |
 | William Peter Strickland - Biography & Autobiography - 1858 - 514 pages
...the 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 by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed." This rigorous order was solemnly debated in the... | |
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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. 
