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Page ix
... copy of your Lordship's despatch to the British Admiral , Commander - in - Chief of Her Majesty's naval forces on this station , in order that he may be perfectly informed of the views of Her Majesty's Government upon the point in ...
... copy of your Lordship's despatch to the British Admiral , Commander - in - Chief of Her Majesty's naval forces on this station , in order that he may be perfectly informed of the views of Her Majesty's Government upon the point in ...
Page x
... copy of a letter addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty by my direction on the 6th of January last , containing my views upon the points which you have raised . I was not aware that it could be proved that any of the escaped slaves had ...
... copy of a letter addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty by my direction on the 6th of January last , containing my views upon the points which you have raised . I was not aware that it could be proved that any of the escaped slaves had ...
Page lxxvi
... copies of this letter and enclosures and the case and opinion of the King's Advocate to Sir Willian Scott , and acquaint him that as there did not appear to their Lordships or to the King's Advocate , to whom they referred the question ...
... copies of this letter and enclosures and the case and opinion of the King's Advocate to Sir Willian Scott , and acquaint him that as there did not appear to their Lordships or to the King's Advocate , to whom they referred the question ...
Page lxxvii
... copy thereof was forwarded to the Foreign Office , and Lord Castlereagh , in a letter dated the 29th of December 1820 , addressed to the British Minister at the Court of Spain , thus expressed himself * : — Your Excellency will find it ...
... copy thereof was forwarded to the Foreign Office , and Lord Castlereagh , in a letter dated the 29th of December 1820 , addressed to the British Minister at the Court of Spain , thus expressed himself * : — Your Excellency will find it ...
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... copy of a letter from Mr. Hammond , giving the decision of Lord Clarendon upon the complaints which had been made by ... copies of documents given to us to take away , they were kept in the ship , and I cannot state off hand . 1094. That ...
... copy of a letter from Mr. Hammond , giving the decision of Lord Clarendon upon the complaints which had been made by ... copies of documents given to us to take away , they were kept in the ship , and I cannot state off hand . 1094. That ...
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Page xlvii - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory, it is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law.
Page xlvii - The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being " introduced on many reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves " its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created is
Page vi - Presents will and ordain that this Our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, Our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment : AND...
Page lxxv - That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any foreign...
Page lxxv - States as before defined ; and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any foreign prince...
Page vi - And our further will and pleasure is that you do, with as little delay as possible, report to Us under your hands and seals, or under the hands and seals of any three or more of you, your opinion upon the matters herein submitted for your consideration...
Page 154 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Page lvii - ... limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source.
Page 196 - ... either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Page xlvii - As soon as a man sets foot on English ground he is free. A negro may maintain an action against his master for ill-usage, and may have a Habeas Corpus if restrained of his liberty.