The Cotton Trade: Its Bearing Upon the Prosperity of Great Britain and Commerce of the American Republics, Considered in Connection with the System of Negro Slavery in the Confederate State |
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... cent . during these several decades , beginning with the end of 1801 , were 14 , 16 , 15 , 14 , 15 , 12. The falling off in the last ten years was in consequence of emigration ; during that time 2,287,205 persons embarked from the ...
... cent . during these several decades , beginning with the end of 1801 , were 14 , 16 , 15 , 14 , 15 , 12. The falling off in the last ten years was in consequence of emigration ; during that time 2,287,205 persons embarked from the ...
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... cents per pound on all imported - not for protection , but for revenue . It was at that time thought that American manu- facturers would have to depend on other countries for a supply of the raw material . This belief was so general ...
... cents per pound on all imported - not for protection , but for revenue . It was at that time thought that American manu- facturers would have to depend on other countries for a supply of the raw material . This belief was so general ...
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... cent . per annum against 3 per cent . in the more southern latitudes . A large number of the wealthy citizens of Virginia own planta- tions in the South - west , whither they have sent their sons , with a portion of their servants ...
... cent . per annum against 3 per cent . in the more southern latitudes . A large number of the wealthy citizens of Virginia own planta- tions in the South - west , whither they have sent their sons , with a portion of their servants ...
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... cent . , or 10 per cent . premium if the interest was fixed at 5 per cent . In addition to these sums , the bank agreed to subscribe to various railroad and turnpike com- panies in Pennsylvania to the extent of $ 675,000 ; and the ...
... cent . , or 10 per cent . premium if the interest was fixed at 5 per cent . In addition to these sums , the bank agreed to subscribe to various railroad and turnpike com- panies in Pennsylvania to the extent of $ 675,000 ; and the ...
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... cent . commission for their trouble and risk . The proceeds of the cotton , or any moneys obtained by the hypothecation of the same , were handed over to Mr. Jaudon , to meet his acceptances of the bills of exchange drawn upon him by ...
... cent . commission for their trouble and risk . The proceeds of the cotton , or any moneys obtained by the hypothecation of the same , were handed over to Mr. Jaudon , to meet his acceptances of the bills of exchange drawn upon him by ...
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Page lxvi - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 166 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
Page xxvi - We the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity.
Page 230 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 224 - The importation of negroes of the African race, from any foreign country, other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden, and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
Page 264 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 99 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 203 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 203 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 250 - No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person), shall vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons* SECTION 4.