 The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally,...  MacMillan's Magazine - Page 458edited by - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Universalism - 1861 - 462 pages
...numbers of Dr. Bailey's " Facts for the People," 1853. Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically. It was an evil... | |
 | American essays - 1863 - 844 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of Nature,... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. The prevailing ideas entertained by Jefferson and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was wrong in principle socially, morally,... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...immediate cause "of the late rupture and present revolution. " The prevailing ideas entertained by "most of the leading statesmen at the time of " the formation of the old Constitution were, that " the enslavement of the African was in violation "of the laws of nature;... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideal entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature... | |
 | John Gross Barnard - Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1862 - 152 pages
...respective states. Says Mr. Stephens (Vice-President CSA) : " The prevailing ideas entertained by him (Jefferson) and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the lawn of nature... | |
 | History - 1862 - 36 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood, and stands, mdy be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African race was in violation of the laws of... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him, and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature... | |
 | Garrett Davis - Confederate States of America - 1862 - 26 pages
...truth upon which that rock stood and stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of'the laws of nature;... | |
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