Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... South Carolina 2 has aroused and animated all the continent . It has spread a visible joy , and if North Carolina and Virginia should follow the example , it will spread through the rest of the colonies like electric fire . 3 The Royal ...
... South Carolina 2 has aroused and animated all the continent . It has spread a visible joy , and if North Carolina and Virginia should follow the example , it will spread through the rest of the colonies like electric fire . 3 The Royal ...
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... Carolina had done the same in substance . All this would be in vain if South Carolina and Georgia be at liberty to import . The western people are already calling out for slaves for their new lands , and will fill that country with ...
... Carolina had done the same in substance . All this would be in vain if South Carolina and Georgia be at liberty to import . The western people are already calling out for slaves for their new lands , and will fill that country with ...
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... southern States would refuse to confederate on the account apprehended ; especially as the power was not likely to be immediately exercised by the General Government . Mr. RUTLEDGE . If the Convention thinks that North Carolina , South ...
... southern States would refuse to confederate on the account apprehended ; especially as the power was not likely to be immediately exercised by the General Government . Mr. RUTLEDGE . If the Convention thinks that North Carolina , South ...
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