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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... enact to what religion the people should subscribe ; that none other should be pro- fessed , and to provide for the excommunication of all those who did not submit . The people of Missouri were , if admitted into the Union , to come in ...
... enact to what religion the people should subscribe ; that none other should be pro- fessed , and to provide for the excommunication of all those who did not submit . The people of Missouri were , if admitted into the Union , to come in ...
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... enacted , making it penal to inhabitants of it may soon not only enjoy the com- struct slaves in the art of reading , and they are forts of Slavery , but the blessings of the holy in- not permitted to attend public worship , or to hear ...
... enacted , making it penal to inhabitants of it may soon not only enjoy the com- struct slaves in the art of reading , and they are forts of Slavery , but the blessings of the holy in- not permitted to attend public worship , or to hear ...
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... enact a prohibition of Slavery , it would seem to be as much within its power of legislation as any other act of local policy . Its sovereignty being complete and uni- versal as to the territory , it may exercise over it the most ample ...
... enact a prohibition of Slavery , it would seem to be as much within its power of legislation as any other act of local policy . Its sovereignty being complete and uni- versal as to the territory , it may exercise over it the most ample ...
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... enact that no slave should ever soon as possible , according to the principles of be sold from one State to another , it is not per- the Federal Constitution , to the enjoyment of all ceived how its constitutional right to make such the ...
... enact that no slave should ever soon as possible , according to the principles of be sold from one State to another , it is not per- the Federal Constitution , to the enjoyment of all ceived how its constitutional right to make such the ...
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... enact laws to punish the traffic , and , at the same time , to tempt cupidity and ava- rice by the allurements of an insatiable market , " If the constitutional power of Congress to is inconsistent and irreconcilable . Government , make ...
... enact laws to punish the traffic , and , at the same time , to tempt cupidity and ava- rice by the allurements of an insatiable market , " If the constitutional power of Congress to is inconsistent and irreconcilable . Government , make ...
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