America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details Connected with the Present Social, Political, Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial State of the Country, Its Laws and Customs, Together with a Review of the Policy of the United States that Led to the War of 1812, and Peace of 1814--the "right of Search," the Texas and Oregon Questions, Etc. Etc, Volume 2 |
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... late as the year 1807 , no less than fifty - nine vessels , engaged in this brutalizing traffic , were alone sent out from the little state of Rhode Island ; at that time scarcely numbering a population of 70,000 inhabitants : -as well ...
... late as the year 1807 , no less than fifty - nine vessels , engaged in this brutalizing traffic , were alone sent out from the little state of Rhode Island ; at that time scarcely numbering a population of 70,000 inhabitants : -as well ...
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... late session of Congress , as several members were standing in the street near the Capitol , a drove of manacled coloured people were passing by , and 6 SUPPORTED BY THE when just opposite , one of B 2 CENTRE MART AT WASHINGTON . 5 seat ...
... late session of Congress , as several members were standing in the street near the Capitol , a drove of manacled coloured people were passing by , and 6 SUPPORTED BY THE when just opposite , one of B 2 CENTRE MART AT WASHINGTON . 5 seat ...
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... late Governor of Virginia , in his speech before the legislature in 1832 , declared the number annually sold to southern dealers , at between eight to nine thousand . " The exporta- tion , " observed this distinguished functionary ...
... late Governor of Virginia , in his speech before the legislature in 1832 , declared the number annually sold to southern dealers , at between eight to nine thousand . " The exporta- tion , " observed this distinguished functionary ...
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... late occasion , and on a demand being made by the United States , on account of an American vessel with slaves on board , ( the Enter- prise , ) driven by stress of weather to take shelter in the island of Bermuda , and where the slaves ...
... late occasion , and on a demand being made by the United States , on account of an American vessel with slaves on board , ( the Enter- prise , ) driven by stress of weather to take shelter in the island of Bermuda , and where the slaves ...
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... the general question of slave emancipation , that until this late organization of the Abolition Society , was seldom permitted to disturb the public ear , was now no longer confined to the few , who in the northern and eastern states ,
... the general question of slave emancipation , that until this late organization of the Abolition Society , was seldom permitted to disturb the public ear , was now no longer confined to the few , who in the northern and eastern states ,
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