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Excerpt from History of the United States of America, From the Discovery of the Continent, Vol. 6 of 6
Freedom older than Slavery, p. 297 - Louis XVI. Frees the Serfs of the Crown, 297 - Fails to abolish all Bondage in France, 297 - Abolition of Bond age in the Netherlands, 297 - Public Opinion in Europe on Slavery, 298 Burke, 298 - His Code, 298 George III., 298-means Of bringing Slavery to an End in America, 298 - Action Of the First Congress, 299 - Early Antag Onism between North and South, 299 - Report Of the French Envoy, 299 - The North hostile to Slavery, 299 Gouverneur Morris, 299 The Relation Of Slav ery to the Policy Of France, 300 - Northern Dread Of the Relative Increase Of the South, 300 - Black Men in the Army, 300 - South Carolina Opposed to their Employment, 301 - Jefferson's Influence in binding together the North and South, 301 Bitter Contest about the Fisheries, 301 Sovereignty Of each separate State, 301 Effect on the slave-trade, 301 Vermont entreats Admis sion as a State, 302 - Forced to wait for a New Southern State, 302 Galli can and Anti - Gallican, 302 - NO Hope for the Slave from Congress, 302 Action of the Separate States, 302 - The Word Slave used in the Constitu tion Of Delaware alone, 302 Slavery, in the North and South, 303 In Virginia, 303 - Slavery in its Tendency, 303 - Virginia's Declaration of Rights, 303 She prohibits the Introduction Of Slaves, 303 - Confines Citizenship to White Men, 304 - Emancipation of Slaves by Individuals, 304 - Slaves as Bounty, 304 - Virginia gives the Power of Unconditional Emancipation to Masters, 304 - Jefferson's Forebodings, 304 - \washington a Considerate Master, 305 - Del aware, 305 - Her Provisions for Emancipation, 305 New York, 305 Its Statesmen are Abolitionists, 305 Vermont prohibits Slavery, 305 - New Jersey, 305 Livingston's Declaration, 305 - Pennsylvania and Abolition, 306 Reed's Recommendation, 306 Bryan's Bill for Gradual Emancipation, 307 In South Carolina Slavery a Primary Element, 307 Georgia, 307 Massachu setts, 307 Slavery tolerated by the Puritans, 307 - Plan for Gradual Emanei patiou, 308 - Petition Of Slaves, 308 -gordon's Argument, 308 - Bill for the Abolition Of Slavery, 308 Hancock's Southern Proclivities, 308 Draft Of a Plan of Government, 309 - Disfranchisement, 309 - Work of the Legislature not adopted, 309 - Extreme Caution of Massachusetts, 309 - Its Convention declares the State a Free Republic, 310 - Committee to draft a Constitution, 310 ivork of John Adams, 310 - Of Lowell, 311 - Of Bowdoin, 311 Dec laration of Rights, 311 - Adoption Of the Clause prohibiting Slavery, 311 Massachusetts a Free Commonwealth, 312 - The Rights of Conscience, 312 Education, 313 Opinion Of Dumas, 313 Contrast between the Constitutions for Massachusetts and New Ireland, 313 - The Methodists against Slavery, 314. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
