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... voted for the reception of anti-slavery memorials and peti- tions ; for motions to inquire into the constitutionality of slavery in the District of Columbia, and forty-two times for the Wilmot proviso for prohibiting slavery in the territory acquired from ...

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

... competitor. While studying the general questioin of slavery for the purpose of the prize essay, the bole iniquity of the negro slave trade burst upon his vi,, It is impossible, he remarked, in his Histoty o Slavery, to imagine the severe anguish which the ...

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries

... While studying the ge- neral question of slavery, for the purpose of the prize essay, the whole iniquity of the negro slave trade burst upon his view. It is impossible, he remarked, in his ' History of Slavery,' to imaginle the severe anguish which ...