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 | Robert A. Goldwin, Robert A. Licht - History - 1990 - 124 pages
...of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution [which is to say our Constitution], were that the enslavement of the African...Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. . . . Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the... | |
 | Shearer Davis Bowman - History - 1993 - 374 pages
...ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old (US) constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; and that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically." The new Confederate government,... | |
 | Jon L. Wakelyn - History - 1996 - 456 pages
...stands, may be doubted. The prevailing ideas entertained hy him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African ISMS in violation, of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally and politically.... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...the next to highest authority. The extract said in part : "The prevailing ideas entertained ... at the time of the formation of the old Constitution,...in principle, socially, morally, and politically. . . . "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea ; its foundations are laid, its... | |
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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,... 
