The Legion of Liberty: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words, and Deeds of Some Prominent Apostles, Champions and Martyrs |
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... slaves from advertising for runaway masters . " And while this domestic slave trade is the staple business of the South , the foreign still rages with similar hor- rors , which only the extinction of its cause , the market for slaves ...
... slaves from advertising for runaway masters . " And while this domestic slave trade is the staple business of the South , the foreign still rages with similar hor- rors , which only the extinction of its cause , the market for slaves ...
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... slave states for the release of their slaves . § 2. Slavery is utterly and forever abolished throughout the Uni- ted ... trade , or form alliances ; and after we have done justice ourselves , to ask others to do likewise . The United States ...
... slave states for the release of their slaves . § 2. Slavery is utterly and forever abolished throughout the Uni- ted ... trade , or form alliances ; and after we have done justice ourselves , to ask others to do likewise . The United States ...
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... slave - trade , even encouraging that most infamous traffic , by giving the states power and influence in the Union in proportion as the rights of their fellow - creatures , ought to be considered as a so- they cruelly and wantonly ...
... slave - trade , even encouraging that most infamous traffic , by giving the states power and influence in the Union in proportion as the rights of their fellow - creatures , ought to be considered as a so- they cruelly and wantonly ...
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... slave - trade : it must , therefore , appear to the world absurd and disgraceful to the last degree , that we should except from the exer- cise of that power , the only branch of commerce which is unjustifiable in its nature , and ...
... slave - trade : it must , therefore , appear to the world absurd and disgraceful to the last degree , that we should except from the exer- cise of that power , the only branch of commerce which is unjustifiable in its nature , and ...
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... slaves into consideration , when taxes were to be apportioned , because it had a tendency to dis- courage slavery ; but to take them into account in giving represen- tation tended to encourage the slave - trade , and to make it the ...
... slaves into consideration , when taxes were to be apportioned , because it had a tendency to dis- courage slavery ; but to take them into account in giving represen- tation tended to encourage the slave - trade , and to make it the ...
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