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... cherished slavery, quashed the act. Again, in 1712, a petition was drawn up and signed by many citizens of Philadelphia, proposing a tax of £2O a head. At the same time William Southeby presented one praying ' for the total abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania' ...
... ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Mr. BEN ETT pre•ented petitions from Rollestnn, King'slade, and several other places in Wiltshire, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH. On the tootion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the following passage ...
... NEGRO SLAVERY. Mr. HOLMES presented a Petition from Dingwall, praying for the Abolition of Negro Slavery. A similar Petition was presented by Mr. RUM BOLD from Cornwall.—Laid on the table. IRISH ABSENTEES. Colonel TRENCH presented a Petition from the ...
... SLAVERY IN TURKEY. A. letter from an English merchant in Smyrna throws light upon some features of Turkish life, which of late years have escaped attention. The writer relates various instances where slaves, who had escaped from brutal treatment, applied ...
... SLAVERY IN AMERICA. Lord DENMAN rose to bring under the consideration of their Lordships a subject which appeared to him to be of immense interest and importance. A few nights ago, his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had stated to their Lordships ...
... RESOLUTIONS-SLAVERY. 1. That it is expedient, with a view to carry into effect the intentions of the Act of 1833, that there should be such a distribution of the work and labour of the indentured apprentices as shalt leave them the half of every Friday ...
... NEGRO SLAVERY. Mr. F. BUXTON presented petition from the University of Oxford, praying for the abolition of obsvery in the West Indies. The Hen, Member mid it was grateful to find that learned and all elastics concurred in requiring the abolition of slavery ...
... SLAVERY IN BRAZIL. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid on the table a Bill to give effect to the convention lately entered into between this country and Brazil for the suppression of the slave trade, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second ...
... NEGRO SLAVERY. Petitions against Negro Slavery were presented from Huddersfield, by Sir J. Rams') ; from Billericay, by Mr. WEE- - anti from Warminster, by Mr. 13ExETT of Wiltshire; and ordered to lie on the table. SMALL DEBTS. A petition in favour of ...
... SLAVERY IN BRAZIL. Lord B 11OUGHAM inquired whether the noble earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would lay upon the table any papers relating to the suppression of the slave trade. Hitherto the proceedings of the Brazilian Government had ...
... NEGRO SLAVERY. Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery were presented from Buckingham, by Sir G., Ntigent ; front Brecon, by Sir C. Morgan ; from Spalden, by Mr. Chaplin ; from Shrewsbury, by Mr. Wyndham; from Ilfracombe,* Lord Ebrington ; from five parishes ...
... MAZZINI ON SLAVERY. The following letter from Mazzini, says the YFlcTribun e , was rece i ve d a f ew d ays ago by th e principal of a private school in the vicinity of city : London, March 21, 1859. Dear Sir,—l beg to apologise for being so lute ...