Debates on the Resolutions and Bill for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Colonies: With the Act of Parliament1834 - 964 pages |
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... freedom . The owners of the slaves , as they irreligiously call themselves , will no doubt submit some similar proposition to the House ; but in my opinion , if any persons are entitled to compensation , it is the slaves themselves ...
... freedom . The owners of the slaves , as they irreligiously call themselves , will no doubt submit some similar proposition to the House ; but in my opinion , if any persons are entitled to compensation , it is the slaves themselves ...
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... Freedom of conscience , and personal liberty , without which freedom of conscience cannot exist , - must be secured upon solid foundations . That accountableness to 18 [ MONDAY , HOUSE OF LORDS . APRIL MARCH On Mr BUXTON'S NOTICE The ...
... Freedom of conscience , and personal liberty , without which freedom of conscience cannot exist , - must be secured upon solid foundations . That accountableness to 18 [ MONDAY , HOUSE OF LORDS . APRIL MARCH On Mr BUXTON'S NOTICE The ...
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... freedom , he may take his place among his fellow men , not as a degraded being , but as a common member of society . The principle of manumission is distinctly recognised in the Order in Council : even against the will of the master ...
... freedom , he may take his place among his fellow men , not as a degraded being , but as a common member of society . The principle of manumission is distinctly recognised in the Order in Council : even against the will of the master ...
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... freedom , -that the longer you condemn them to slavery the more you unfit them for the pursuits and relations of social life . It is slavery which debars them from acquiring industrious habits - it is slavery which prevents them from ...
... freedom , -that the longer you condemn them to slavery the more you unfit them for the pursuits and relations of social life . It is slavery which debars them from acquiring industrious habits - it is slavery which prevents them from ...
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... freedom for the existing generation , and that I would not reduce them to that state of distress and irremediable ... freedom , for which they may be yet unfit . But , on the other hand , am I pre- pared to say , that they shall remain ...
... freedom for the existing generation , and that I would not reduce them to that state of distress and irremediable ... freedom , for which they may be yet unfit . But , on the other hand , am I pre- pared to say , that they shall remain ...
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Page 313 - This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit ; without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature ; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
Page 313 - FOR the principal aim of society is to protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature ; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Page 210 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
Page 313 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 313 - The right of personal security consists in a person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his body, his health, and his reputation.
Page 290 - That through a determined and persevering, but at the same time judicious and temperate, enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive improvement in the character of the slave population, such as may prrpire them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of His Majesty's subjects.
Page 499 - ... 2. That it is expedient, that all children born after the passing of any act, or who shall be under the age of six years at the time of passing any act of parliament for this purpose, be declared free — subject, nevertheless, to such temporary restrictions as may be deemed necessary for their support and maintenance.
Page 313 - The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to know good from evil, and with power of choosing those measures which appear to him to be most desirable, are usually summed up in one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind. This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature...
Page 314 - I have formerly observed that pure and proper slavery does not, nay cannot, subsist in England: such I mean, whereby an absolute and unlimited power is given to the master over the We and fortune of the slave.
Page 496 - That it is the opinion of this Committee that immediate and effectual measures be taken for the entire abolition of slavery throughout the colonies, under such provisions for regulating the condition of the negroes as may combine their welfare with the interests of the proprietors.