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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... claim of his master to failed even in Massachusetts ; the Legislature , his services , and assert his right to liberty . doubtless , apprehending that such a measure , by alienating the slaveholders , would increase the number and power ...
... claim of his master to failed even in Massachusetts ; the Legislature , his services , and assert his right to liberty . doubtless , apprehending that such a measure , by alienating the slaveholders , would increase the number and power ...
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... claim to spacious dominions outside of their ing that " so soon as a negro lands in England proper boundaries ; while New - Hampshire he is free ; " and again , ( 1702 ) that " there is no such thing as a slave by the law of England ...
... claim to spacious dominions outside of their ing that " so soon as a negro lands in England proper boundaries ; while New - Hampshire he is free ; " and again , ( 1702 ) that " there is no such thing as a slave by the law of England ...
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... claiming dominion over it . This bill embodied many of the provisions originally drafted and reported by Mr ... claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due . Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall " 3 ...
... claiming dominion over it . This bill embodied many of the provisions originally drafted and reported by Mr ... claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due . Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall " 3 ...
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... claims of the United States , or of any particular State . " 64 The United States shall guarantee to every State in ... claim , and a portion Tennessee ; but North Carolina forcibly re- State of Frankland , in what is now East sisted ...
... claims of the United States , or of any particular State . " 64 The United States shall guarantee to every State in ... claim , and a portion Tennessee ; but North Carolina forcibly re- State of Frankland , in what is now East sisted ...
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... claims on France . This territory had just before been ceded by Spain to France without pecuniary consideration . Slaveholding had long been legal therein , alike under Spanish and French rule , and the Treaty of Cession contained the ...
... claims on France . This territory had just before been ceded by Spain to France without pecuniary consideration . Slaveholding had long been legal therein , alike under Spanish and French rule , and the Treaty of Cession contained the ...
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