History of Ohio, Volume 2American Historical Society, Incorporated, 1925 - Biography |
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... negro question and the negro were left rather severely alone and it is practically true , as declared. FIRST SEAL OF OHIO . CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION OF OHIO 15.
... negro question and the negro were left rather severely alone and it is practically true , as declared. FIRST SEAL OF OHIO . CONSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTION OF OHIO 15.
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... negro the rights vouchsafed in the Declaration of Independence . He was one of the original abolition- ists of the state and defended with persistence and vigor the anti - slavery clause in the Ordinance of 1787. After the convention he ...
... negro the rights vouchsafed in the Declaration of Independence . He was one of the original abolition- ists of the state and defended with persistence and vigor the anti - slavery clause in the Ordinance of 1787. After the convention he ...
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... negro and a number of them voted with the federalists from Marietta under the leadership of Ephraim Cutler and Gen. Rufus Putnam . Huntington's subsequent political preferment in the new state may have been the result of his attitude in ...
... negro and a number of them voted with the federalists from Marietta under the leadership of Ephraim Cutler and Gen. Rufus Putnam . Huntington's subsequent political preferment in the new state may have been the result of his attitude in ...
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... Negro man by the name of Sam , about 26 years old and about 5 ft . 6 inches high , and well made to that height , and has a very large beard for a Negro of that age and a very large mouth . * * " William Bryant . " In the issue of this ...
... Negro man by the name of Sam , about 26 years old and about 5 ft . 6 inches high , and well made to that height , and has a very large beard for a Negro of that age and a very large mouth . * * " William Bryant . " In the issue of this ...
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... negro , the Virginians , under the leadership of William Henry Harrison , at a later date in convention assembled , peti- tioned Congress to suspend the anti - slavery clause of the Ordinance of 1787 . The presumptive pro - slavery ...
... negro , the Virginians , under the leadership of William Henry Harrison , at a later date in convention assembled , peti- tioned Congress to suspend the anti - slavery clause of the Ordinance of 1787 . The presumptive pro - slavery ...
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Page 130 - President pro tempore of the senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy is filled, or the disability removed; and if the President of the Senate, for any of the above causes, shall...
Page 236 - An act concerning aliens," is contrary to the Constitution, one amendment to which has provided that "no person shall be deprived of liberty without due process of law...
Page 230 - Resolved, that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 118 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 338 - And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?
Page 119 - In any trial, in any court, the party accused shall be allowed to appear and defend in person and with counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof...
Page 144 - Whenever two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly shall think it necessary to call a Convention to revise, amend or change this Constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote, at the next election for...
Page 295 - I have another objection, and that is that it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty. Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved...
Page 120 - ... be submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such...
Page 120 - This enumeration of rights shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people ; and all powers, not herein delegated, remain with the people.