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Page 11
... cents per annum for the long and cheerless period of their servitude since August 20 , 1620. " † -------- " Compensation to slaveowners for negroes ! Preposterous idea , the suggestion is criminal , the demand unjust , wicked ...
... cents per annum for the long and cheerless period of their servitude since August 20 , 1620. " † -------- " Compensation to slaveowners for negroes ! Preposterous idea , the suggestion is criminal , the demand unjust , wicked ...
Page 41
... cents . having . This economical principle it is which governs slavery in the territories . Slavery will not go on to any of the present unappropriated territory of the nation , for the reason that it would not be profitable to go there ...
... cents . having . This economical principle it is which governs slavery in the territories . Slavery will not go on to any of the present unappropriated territory of the nation , for the reason that it would not be profitable to go there ...
Page 47
... cents . Under such circumstances the value of cotton hands reached $ 2000 ; while they were nearly as valuable for sugar culture . It is obvious that , un- der such circumstances , no one can spare blacks for the settlement of new ...
... cents . Under such circumstances the value of cotton hands reached $ 2000 ; while they were nearly as valuable for sugar culture . It is obvious that , un- der such circumstances , no one can spare blacks for the settlement of new ...
Page 71
... cent . of Western railroad obligations is dishonoured , while none of the Southern roads have failed to pay . The reason is , the superior cheapness of the latter . It is also a peculiar feature of the Southern roads , that their stocks ...
... cent . of Western railroad obligations is dishonoured , while none of the Southern roads have failed to pay . The reason is , the superior cheapness of the latter . It is also a peculiar feature of the Southern roads , that their stocks ...
Page 81
... cent . of tonnage , and sup- plies seven per cent . of freights . The value is given much less than actual amount ; thus the cotton crop of the present year will reach 2,070,000,000 lbs . , and the present rate of freight is one cent ...
... cent . of tonnage , and sup- plies seven per cent . of freights . The value is given much less than actual amount ; thus the cotton crop of the present year will reach 2,070,000,000 lbs . , and the present rate of freight is one cent ...
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