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Page xvi
... slave trade " on the coast of Africa . The law of nations , as understood and laid down by the most respectable authorities and tribunals , Eu- ropean and American , recognizes the right of search of neutral vessels in time of war , by ...
... slave trade " on the coast of Africa . The law of nations , as understood and laid down by the most respectable authorities and tribunals , Eu- ropean and American , recognizes the right of search of neutral vessels in time of war , by ...
Page xviii
... slave trade was carried on between the coasts of Africa and the United States , contrary to the known fact , and to the reproach either of the will or power of the United States to enforce their laws , by which it was declared to be ...
... slave trade was carried on between the coasts of Africa and the United States , contrary to the known fact , and to the reproach either of the will or power of the United States to enforce their laws , by which it was declared to be ...
Page xxii
... Africa for the suppression of the slave trade . This detestable traffic still exists , it is to be feared , unimpaired in extent , and with aggravated horrors , caused by the expedients employed to evade the cruisers . In a mutual right ...
... Africa for the suppression of the slave trade . This detestable traffic still exists , it is to be feared , unimpaired in extent , and with aggravated horrors , caused by the expedients employed to evade the cruisers . In a mutual right ...
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... slave trade on- that coast , in respect to which it is desirable that the most ac- curate knowledge attainable should be possessed . These par- ticulars are , 1. The extent of the western coast of Africa along which the slave trade is ...
... slave trade on- that coast , in respect to which it is desirable that the most ac- curate knowledge attainable should be possessed . These par- ticulars are , 1. The extent of the western coast of Africa along which the slave trade is ...
Page 73
... slaves from slave ships could be most con- veniently taken . 8. Finally , what number of vessels , and of what size and de- scription , it would be necessary to employ on the western coast of Africa , in order to put an entire end to the ...
... slaves from slave ships could be most con- veniently taken . 8. Finally , what number of vessels , and of what size and de- scription , it would be necessary to employ on the western coast of Africa , in order to put an entire end to the ...
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Page 242 - Whereas doubts have arisen what river was truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix, mentioned in the said treaty of peace, and forming a part of the boundary therein described...
Page 372 - I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me, under date of the...
Page 59 - Collins, previously to the year 1774, as the 45th degree of north latitude, and which has been known and understood to be the line of actual division between the States of New York and Vermont on one side, and the British province of Canada on the other; and, from said point of intersection, west, along the said dividing line, as heretofore known and understood, to the Iroquois or St. Lawrence river.
Page 241 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 376 - Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation...
Page 226 - It being understood that all the water communications and all the usual portages along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, and also Grand Portage, from the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon River, as now actually used, shall be free and open to the use of the citizens and subjects of both countries.
Page 233 - John, or by its tributaries, of which fact reasonable evidence shall, if required, be produced, shall have free access into and through the said river and its...
Page 183 - In the name of Almighty God : The United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two republics, and to establish upon...
Page 85 - A vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of a marine league from the shore, is regarded as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and subjected, exclusively to the jurisdiction of that nation.
Page 367 - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana...