| Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 160 pages
...me, of becoming a member of the society for the abolition of the slave-trade. You know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition, not only...France will be far above the need of my association. — Letter to J\I. WarviUe, Paris, February, 1788. DEAR SIR, — Your favor of July 31st was duly received,... | |
| 1843 - 404 pages
...me, of becoming a mem'ler of the soeiety for the abolition of the slave-trade. You know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition, not only...proposition in France will be far above the need of my assoeiation. — Letter to Jlf. WarviUe, Pans, February, 1788. DEAR Sm, — Your favor of July 31st... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - 1843 - 598 pages
...becoming a member of the soeiety for the abolition of the slave-trade. You know that nobody v.-ishes more ardently to see an abolition, not only of the...proposition in France will be far above the need of my assoeiation. — Letter to M. JVarville, Paris, February, 1788. •DEAR SIR, — Your favor of July... | |
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1845 - 652 pages
...heaven for a total emancipation." On another occasion, he said : " Nobody wishes more ardently than I to see an abolition not only of the trade but of the...willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object." Mr. Madison on the floor of the convention " thought it wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea... | |
| 1862
...its early abolition by the States. Jefferson said, " Nobody wishes more ardently than I to see the abolition, not only of the trade, but of the condition...willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object." Washington said, "It is among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country... | |
| 1849 - 410 pages
...wishes," said Mr. Jefferson of himself, in 1788, "more ardently'to see an abolition, not only of the slave trade, but of the condition of slavery; and certainly...willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object."§ " We have found that this evil," said Mr. Monroe, in the Virginia.Convention, '' has preyed upon the... | |
| Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 pages
...which slavery in this country may be abolished by law. Jefferson. Nobody wishes more ardently than I to see an abolition not only of the trade but of the...willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object. Patrick Henry. Slavery is detested; we feel its effects; we deplore it with all the pity of humanity.... | |
| Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 pages
...unhappily, introduced in their infant state." 2i Heavers that '' nobody wishes more ardently to see the abolition, not only of the trade, but of the condition...certainly nobody will be more willing to encounter every i7 Sumner's Speech, Aug., 1852. 2° Works, vol. ip 49. w Ibid. 2i Ibid. p. 135. >9 Speech of 1854.... | |
| Frederick Law Olmsted - 1856 - 756 pages
...to me of becoming a member of the society for the abolition of the Slave Trade. You know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition, not only of the trade, but of the condition of Slavery." "TO BENJAMIN BANNEKER. " PHILADELPHIA, August 30, 17U1. " SIB : — I thank you sincerely for your... | |
| John Jasiel Perry - 1856 - 16 pages
...in his Notes on Virginia, when he said: k{ Nobody wishes more ardently than. I to see an aboli tion not only of the trade, but of the condition of Slavery, and certainl> nobody will be more willing to encounter any sacrifice tor that object." In the same work... | |
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