A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either House |
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... union of free and slave colonies ; but such is not the fact . However slender and dubious its legal basis , Slavery ex- isted in each and all of the colonies that unit- ed to declare and maintain their independ- ence . Slaves were ...
... union of free and slave colonies ; but such is not the fact . However slender and dubious its legal basis , Slavery ex- isted in each and all of the colonies that unit- ed to declare and maintain their independ- ence . Slaves were ...
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... Union , but out- side of the proper and natural boundaries of the several States , respectively , should be ceded to , and held by , Congress , in trust for the common benefit of all the States , and their proceeds employed in ...
... Union , but out- side of the proper and natural boundaries of the several States , respectively , should be ceded to , and held by , Congress , in trust for the common benefit of all the States , and their proceeds employed in ...
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... Union , establish justice , insure domestic tranquillity , provide for the common defense , promote the ge neral welfare , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for ...
... Union , establish justice , insure domestic tranquillity , provide for the common defense , promote the ge neral welfare , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for ...
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... Union , a republican form of government , and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legis lature , or of the executive when the legislature cannot be convened , against domestic violence . Art . VI ...
... Union , a republican form of government , and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legis lature , or of the executive when the legislature cannot be convened , against domestic violence . Art . VI ...
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... Union ; consin . VI . THE FIRST MISSOURI STRUGGLE . THE vast and. them , as far as possible . If this danger does ex- ist , or there is any cause to apprehend it , and our Western brethren are not only willing but desi- rous to aid us in ...
... Union ; consin . VI . THE FIRST MISSOURI STRUGGLE . THE vast and. them , as far as possible . If this danger does ex- ist , or there is any cause to apprehend it , and our Western brethren are not only willing but desi- rous to aid us in ...
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