 that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.  Documents Accompanying the Journal - Page 165by Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1837Full view - About this book
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...celebrated paper, which will be admired in the annals of every hiftorian, begins with an affertion, that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, which nature and nature's God entitle them to claim ; and, after appealing to the Supreme Judge... | |
 | W. D. Cooper - Greece - 1818 - 314 pages
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 | United States. Continental Congress - United States - 1823 - 696 pages
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 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 558 pages
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 | Enoch Lewis - Slave trade - 1828 - 390 pages
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 | William Lloyd Garrison - History - 1832 - 268 pages
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 | William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 1832 - 278 pages
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