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" When I look upon these crowded thousands and see them trample on their consciences and the rights of their fellowmen at the bidding of a piece of parchment, I say my curse be on the constitution of these United States. "
The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips - Page 110
by George Lowell Austin - 1884 - 431 pages
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The History of Massachusetts: From the Landing of the Pilgrims to the ...

George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1875 - 746 pages
...others. Amid hisses and uproar, Wendell Phillips sought to speak. " When I look," he said, "upon these crowded thousands, and see them trample on their consciences...same time, another petition was prepared requesting Governor Davis to dismiss the sheriff unless he removed the jailer. Then it was that the Rev. Nathaniel...
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Blue Blood, Or White May and Black June

Leon Dande - Slavery - 1877 - 864 pages
...look upon these erowded thousands and see them trample upon thcir consciences and the rights of thcir fellow-men, at the bidding of a piece of parchment ; I say, MY CURSE BE UPON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.' " Alfy went round with the hat and returned to Uncle George. " Deliver it to Mr....
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The History of Massachusetts, from the Landing of the Pilgrims to the ...

George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1884 - 686 pages
...others. Amid hisses and uproar, Wendell Phillips sought to speak. " When I look," he said, " upon these crowded thousands, and see them trample on their consciences...same time, another petition was prepared requesting Governor Davis to dismiss the sheriff unless he removed the jailer. Then it was that the Rev. Nathaniel...
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The History of Massachusetts, from the Landing of the Pilgrims to the ...

George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1884 - 680 pages
...others. Amid hisses and uproar, Wendell Phillips sought to speak. " When I look," he said, "upon these crowded thousands, and see them trample on their consciences...be upon the constitution of these United States.' 'r A few days later, a petition signed by many influential citizens was presented to the sheriff, demanding...
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Our Corner, Volume 3

Annie Besant - Free thought - 1884 - 396 pages
...whilst others called it " an anti-slavery document." Said Wendell Phillips : " When I look upon these crowded thousands, and see them trample on their consciences...curse be upon the Constitution of these United States ' " He always felt and spoke most strongly on this point. In 1846, at a meeting in Faneuil Hall, he...
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Wendell Phillips: the Agitator

William Carlos Martyn - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 608 pages
...statute.- book. When I look on those crowded thousands and see them trample on their consciences and on the rights of their fellowmen, at the bidding of a piece of parchment, I say, my curse be on the Constitution of these United States!"1 This was his first direct collision with the Constitution....
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The History of North America: The growth of the nation, 1837 to 1860, by E.W ...

Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - Indians of North America - 1905 - 596 pages
...is run down and secured." Wendell Phillips then addressed the assemblage : " When I look upon these crowded thousands and see them trample on their consciences...be upon the Constitution of these United States!' " The protest of the Boston citizens had its effect upon the officials as well as upon the owner of...
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A Political History of Slavery: Being an Account of the Slavery ..., Volume 1

William Henry Smith - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1903 - 414 pages
...these crowded thousands and see them trample on their consciences and the rights of their fellow men at the bidding of a piece of parchment, I say, 'My...upon the Constitution of these United States!' '" A fund was raised and the freedom of Latimer purchased. Public feeling in Massachusetts was stirred to...
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A Political History of Slavery: Being an Account of the Slavery ..., Volume 1

William Henry Smith - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1903 - 404 pages
...these crowded thousands and see them trample on their consciences and the rights of their fellow men at the bidding of a piece of parchment, I say, 'My...be upon the Constitution of these United States!' "1 A fund was raised and the freedom of Latimer purchased. Public feeling in Massachusetts was stirred...
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John Greenleaf Whittier

George Rice Carpenter - Poets, American - 1903 - 364 pages
...consciences and the rights of their fellow1 William Lloyd Garrison, iii. 52. 2 Ibid. iii. 56. men, at the bidding of a piece of parchment, I say, my CURSE be on the Constitution of these United States ! " 1 At the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery...
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