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Page 138
... militia for the defence of the Southern States , for their defence against those very slaves of whom they complain . They must supply vessels and seamen in case of foreign attack . The Legislature will have indefinite power to tax them ...
... militia for the defence of the Southern States , for their defence against those very slaves of whom they complain . They must supply vessels and seamen in case of foreign attack . The Legislature will have indefinite power to tax them ...
Page 179
... militia to assemble . He returned in season to join his own company at the church at Gro- ton , at twelve o'clock ; where , after prayer offered by the pastor of the town , they started for Concord , helped to swell that impetuous tide ...
... militia to assemble . He returned in season to join his own company at the church at Gro- ton , at twelve o'clock ; where , after prayer offered by the pastor of the town , they started for Concord , helped to swell that impetuous tide ...
Page 182
... militia throughout the Colony have leave to enroll such a num- Congress . ber of able male slaves , to be employed as pioneers and laborers , as Unsettled policy negroes as soldiers . public exigencies may require ; and that a daily pay ...
... militia throughout the Colony have leave to enroll such a num- Congress . ber of able male slaves , to be employed as pioneers and laborers , as Unsettled policy negroes as soldiers . public exigencies may require ; and that a daily pay ...
Page 189
... militia gave way ; and left Hutchings and Dr. Reid with a volunteer company , who maintained their ground bravely till they were overcome by numbers , and took shelter in a swamp . The slaves were sent in pursuit of them ; and one of ...
... militia gave way ; and left Hutchings and Dr. Reid with a volunteer company , who maintained their ground bravely till they were overcome by numbers , and took shelter in a swamp . The slaves were sent in pursuit of them ; and one of ...
Page 195
... militia , planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major - Gen . Prescott , the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport . Taking with him , in the night , about forty men , in two boats , with oars muffled ...
... militia , planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major - Gen . Prescott , the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport . Taking with him , in the night , about forty men , in two boats , with oars muffled ...
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Page 92 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Page 128 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest...
Page 110 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 102 - I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are inferior to the whites in the endowments both of body and mind.
Page 91 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; M Howard and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced p.
Page 115 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase ; it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
Page 95 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...
Page 130 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
Page 127 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal.
Page 103 - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was, unhappily, introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa. Yet our repeated attempts to effect this, by prohibitions, and by imposing duties which might amount to a prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by his Majesty's negative ; thus preferring the immediate advantages of a few British corsairs,...