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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... proposed by the several State Conventions assembled , to pass upon that Constitution , and adopted . The following are all the provisions of that instrument , which are presumed to relate to the subject of Slavery : ( Preamble ) : " We ...
... proposed by the several State Conventions assembled , to pass upon that Constitution , and adopted . The following are all the provisions of that instrument , which are presumed to relate to the subject of Slavery : ( Preamble ) : " We ...
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... proposed by Mr. Butler , of South Carolina , and adopted , with little or no opposition . The following , among the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the ratifying conventions of one or more States , and adopted , are supposed ...
... proposed by Mr. Butler , of South Carolina , and adopted , with little or no opposition . The following , among the amendments to the Constitution proposed by the ratifying conventions of one or more States , and adopted , are supposed ...
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... proposed measure , as Slavery now exists to a considerable extent in different parts of the Union ; it would not augment the number of slaves , but merely authorize the removal to Indiana of such as are held in bondage in the United ...
... proposed measure , as Slavery now exists to a considerable extent in different parts of the Union ; it would not augment the number of slaves , but merely authorize the removal to Indiana of such as are held in bondage in the United ...
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... proposed State ; and , above all , the Constitution expressly makes a REPUBLICAN form of government in the several States a fundamental principle , to be pre- served under the sacred guarantee of the national legislature . Art . 4 , sec ...
... proposed State ; and , above all , the Constitution expressly makes a REPUBLICAN form of government in the several States a fundamental principle , to be pre- served under the sacred guarantee of the national legislature . Art . 4 , sec ...
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... proposed in the Constitution of Missouri . To keep slaves - to make one portion of the popula- tion the property of another , hardly deserves to be called a privilege , since what is gained by the masters must be lost by the slaves ...
... proposed in the Constitution of Missouri . To keep slaves - to make one portion of the popula- tion the property of another , hardly deserves to be called a privilege , since what is gained by the masters must be lost by the slaves ...
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