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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... sent from Frank- land to the Continental Congress , but was not received by that body . On the 22nd of her ratification of the Federal Constitution— December , 1789 , however - one month after North Carolina passed an act , ceding , on ...
... sent from Frank- land to the Continental Congress , but was not received by that body . On the 22nd of her ratification of the Federal Constitution— December , 1789 , however - one month after North Carolina passed an act , ceding , on ...
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... sent to the Committee of the Whole , where it slept for the remainder of the session . for its second session , on the 16th of Novem- ber , 1818. Feb. 13th , the House went into Committee of the Whole - Gen . Smith , of Md . , in the ...
... sent to the Committee of the Whole , where it slept for the remainder of the session . for its second session , on the 16th of Novem- ber , 1818. Feb. 13th , the House went into Committee of the Whole - Gen . Smith , of Md . , in the ...
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... sent to the Senate . The following sketch of the debate on this Mr. FULLER , of Massachusetts , said , that in the admission of new States into the Union . he considered that Congress had a discretionary power . By the 4th article and ...
... sent to the Senate . The following sketch of the debate on this Mr. FULLER , of Massachusetts , said , that in the admission of new States into the Union . he considered that Congress had a discretionary power . By the 4th article and ...
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... sent by Provi- dence , has passed the door of your capitol , on his way to the West , driving before him about fif teen of these wretched victims of his power col- lected in the course of his traffic , and by their removal , torn from ...
... sent by Provi- dence , has passed the door of your capitol , on his way to the West , driving before him about fif teen of these wretched victims of his power col- lected in the course of his traffic , and by their removal , torn from ...
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... sent to a Select Committee already raised on a like application from Alabama , consisting of Messrs . Tait of Ga . , Morrow of Ohio , Williams of Miss . , Edwards of Ill . , Williams of Tenn . On the 22nd , Mr. Tait , from this Commit ...
... sent to a Select Committee already raised on a like application from Alabama , consisting of Messrs . Tait of Ga . , Morrow of Ohio , Williams of Miss . , Edwards of Ill . , Williams of Tenn . On the 22nd , Mr. Tait , from this Commit ...
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