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Excerpt from The Speech of Thomas J. Randolph, of in the House of Delegates of on the Abolition of Slavery: Delivered Saturday, Jan, 21, 1832
Mr. Randolph. I know that Mr. Jefferson considered them as property, nor am I aware that they ever have been considered other wise by any one. Mr. Jefferson fixed the price of the post nati at $12 50 cents, which would indicate the belief of the necessity of a compromise between the holder and the public. The letter which I have just read, is dated August, 1814. It appears, then, that in 1770, 1814, 1824, he still deemed abolition indispensable to the safety of the country. These dreams of his lasted a long time - some sixty years. 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.
