 | 1901 - 604 Seiten
...argued that ' slaves rather weaken ' than strengthen the State ; ' Congress responded by resolving that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen United Colonies ; and Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and other States abolished slavery. In fact, at the end... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 644 Seiten
...as shall be thought just and necessary by those Inited Colonies, or their respective legislatures. Resolved, That no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen United Coloiee. made by the Congress, or assemblies, or conventions, concerning trade, andf« securing the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...John Jay, Thomas M'Kean, George Read, Caesar Rodney, iJtc. On the 6th of April, 1776, the congress, resolved, " That no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen United Colonies." The declaration of American Independence proclaims, that all men are born free and equal. Some gentlemen... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1841 - 366 Seiten
...powers of legislation, gave a legal expression to the well-formed opinion of the country, by resolving " that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen United Colonies." ; Before America legislated for herself, the interdict of the slave trade was impossible. England was... | |
 | 1855 - 846 Seiten
...of Congress before him, and he could have found the following recorded on the Gth of April, 1776 : "Resolved, That no slaves be imported into any of the Thirteen United Colonies." This resolution for the abolishing the slave trade in America, which there is reason to believe received... | |
 | Matthew Estes - 1846 - 274 Seiten
...colonies. The first continental Congress that assumed the power of legislation, which was in the year 1776, Resolved, "That no Slaves be imported into any of the Thirteen United Colonies ;" and there has been, from that time until the present, a continued opposition to the trade in this... | |
 | 1854 - 488 Seiten
...legislative powers, gave a legal expression of the well formed opinion of the country by resolving that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen united colonies. Before America legislated for herself, the interdict of the slave trade was impossible, England was... | |
 | 1854 - 470 Seiten
...legislative powers, gave a legal expression of the well formed opinion of the country by resolving that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen united colonies. Before America legislated for herself, the interdict of the slave trade was impossible, England was... | |
 | Peter Force - 1855 - 80 Seiten
...Congress before him, and he could have found the following recorded on the 6th of April, 1776 :— Resolved, That no slaves be imported into any of the Thirteen United Colonies. This resolution for the abolishing the slave trade in America, which there is reason to believe received... | |
 | Howell Cobb - 1856 - 174 Seiten
...Continental Congress in 1776, in accordance with the popular opinion, put a stop to it by enacting, " that no slaves be imported into any of the thirteen United Colonies." Then was British policy rebuked, and British power defied. The trade was resumed after this, and was... | |
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European maritime powers still 1776. encouraged was absolutely forbidden, not from political reasons merely, but from a conviction of its unrighteousness and cruelty ; and without any limitation as to time, or any reservation of a veto to the respective... 
