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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... between eight to nine thousand . " The exporta- tion , " observed this distinguished functionary , " has averaged 8,500 for the last twenty years . Forty years ago the whites exceeded the coloured popu- lation 2,500 8 ...
... between eight to nine thousand . " The exporta- tion , " observed this distinguished functionary , " has averaged 8,500 for the last twenty years . Forty years ago the whites exceeded the coloured popu- lation 2,500 8 ...
Page 16
... tion , or remote chance of exciting the least measure of legislative interference in his behalf , and could only rest his hopes of any future amelioration in his condition , on the strength and vigour of his own right arm , or on the ...
... tion , or remote chance of exciting the least measure of legislative interference in his behalf , and could only rest his hopes of any future amelioration in his condition , on the strength and vigour of his own right arm , or on the ...
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... tion has tortured every inquiry , and in a manner , exhausted the intellectual faculties of every citizen , in devising means , by which to extort from the bone and muscle of the wretched slave , the extreme measure of labour of which ...
... tion has tortured every inquiry , and in a manner , exhausted the intellectual faculties of every citizen , in devising means , by which to extort from the bone and muscle of the wretched slave , the extreme measure of labour of which ...
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... tion of what slavery really is in the United States , or of the dark and murky materials of which it is composed ; yet , is there no lack of plain circumstan- tial evidence on this account - no difficulty in de- scrying the monster in ...
... tion of what slavery really is in the United States , or of the dark and murky materials of which it is composed ; yet , is there no lack of plain circumstan- tial evidence on this account - no difficulty in de- scrying the monster in ...
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... tion " of his master , the said master is exempt from all legal penalties on account of his death . So in- deed saith the law - the humane and considerate law of free America , proclaiming to the fierce un- bridled passions of a cruel ...
... tion " of his master , the said master is exempt from all legal penalties on account of his death . So in- deed saith the law - the humane and considerate law of free America , proclaiming to the fierce un- bridled passions of a cruel ...
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