Documents of American History, Volume 1Henry Steele Commager F.S. Crofts, 1935 - 904 pages |
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Page 281
... slaves , or to be a substitute for the immediate and total abolition of slavery . We fully and unanimously recognise the sovereignty of each State , to legislate ex- clusively on the subject of the slavery which is tolerated within its ...
... slaves , or to be a substitute for the immediate and total abolition of slavery . We fully and unanimously recognise the sovereignty of each State , to legislate ex- clusively on the subject of the slavery which is tolerated within its ...
Page 357
... slavery in the Southern States as the French general exterminated the Al- gerines when he smoked them out . He is going to extinguish slavery by surrounding the Slave States , hemming in the slaves , and starving them out of existence ...
... slavery in the Southern States as the French general exterminated the Al- gerines when he smoked them out . He is going to extinguish slavery by surrounding the Slave States , hemming in the slaves , and starving them out of existence ...
Page 370
... slaves . Art . 3. Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery within the district of Colum- bia so long as it ... slaves as do not consent to such abolishment . Nor shall Congress at any time prohibit officers of the Federal ...
... slaves . Art . 3. Congress shall have no power to abolish slavery within the district of Colum- bia so long as it ... slaves as do not consent to such abolishment . Nor shall Congress at any time prohibit officers of the Federal ...
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PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY April 22 1793 | 7 |
CHARTER OF MARYLAND June 20 1632 | 21 |
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