Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, Volume 4Society, 1885 - Ohio |
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Page 47
... say re- spectin ' dem privileges is , dat if any one ob you wants to avail hisself ob ' em , de situation am open ! " Several weeks ago , I talked with an old - time runaway from Kentucky now living at Ironton , Ohio , who fretted ...
... say re- spectin ' dem privileges is , dat if any one ob you wants to avail hisself ob ' em , de situation am open ! " Several weeks ago , I talked with an old - time runaway from Kentucky now living at Ironton , Ohio , who fretted ...
Page 48
... say truthfully , the whole number of runaways . They show that these people had minds for something higher than their comfortable keep . The testimony of many a generous house- holder who lodged , clothed and encouraged the foot - sore ...
... say truthfully , the whole number of runaways . They show that these people had minds for something higher than their comfortable keep . The testimony of many a generous house- holder who lodged , clothed and encouraged the foot - sore ...
Page 52
... says : " In one of the papers of the day , an underground den is noticed , the opening of which , though in sight of two or three houses and near roads and fields where passing was constant , had been so con- cealed by a pile of straw ...
... says : " In one of the papers of the day , an underground den is noticed , the opening of which , though in sight of two or three houses and near roads and fields where passing was constant , had been so con- cealed by a pile of straw ...
Page 55
an old - time abolitionist of Deavertown , Ohio . He says , his daughters used to sing it " in the old slavery days , when the Nation made it a felony to give a slice of bread or a cup of cold water to famishing men and women fleeing ...
an old - time abolitionist of Deavertown , Ohio . He says , his daughters used to sing it " in the old slavery days , when the Nation made it a felony to give a slice of bread or a cup of cold water to famishing men and women fleeing ...
Page 71
... say the least of it , a serious doubt whether the sole power to prescribe the punishment for such a case is not vested in the Congress of the United States , and whether , as the law now stands , an indictment can be found , or ...
... say the least of it , a serious doubt whether the sole power to prescribe the punishment for such a case is not vested in the Congress of the United States , and whether , as the law now stands , an indictment can be found , or ...
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Page 50 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 130 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 84 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 135 - That the limits and boundaries of this State be ascertained, it is declared that they are as hereafter mentioned ; that is to say: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line; on the south by the Ohio River to the mouth of the Great Miami River; on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid...
Page 130 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The western State in the said Territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, and...
Page 111 - Resolved, That copies of the several papers referred to the committee be transmitted, with a copy of the report, to the legislatures of the several states, and that it be earnestly recommended to those states, who have claims to the western country, to pass such laws, and give their delegates in Congress such powers, as may effectually remove the only obstacle to a final ratification of the articles of confederation ; and that the legislature of Maryland be earnestly requested to authorize their...
Page 296 - All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Page 174 - State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami Bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miami River as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and, by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.
Page 185 - ... provided however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Page 361 - No more in soldier fashion will he greet With lifted hand the gazer in the street. O friends, our chief state-oracle is mute : Mourn for the man of long-enduring blood, The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute, Whole in himself, a common good.