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" We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage... "
Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828] - Page 186
by John Sergeant - 1832 - 367 lehte
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Source Problems in United States History

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, William Edward Dodd, Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Arthur Pearson Scott - 1918 - 536 lehte
...We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted us that we are enabled this day to add one more step to is universal civilization by removing as much as possible...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage and from which by the assumed authority of the Kings of Britain no effectual legal relief could be...
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George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791

Burton Alva Konkle - 1922 - 542 lehte
...us, that we 1 Professor ER Turner, in his volume on The Negro in Pennsylvania, are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization by...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which by the assumed authority of the Kings of Great Britain, no effectual legal relief could...
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George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791

Burton Alva KONKLE - 1922 - 494 lehte
...by the assumed authority of the Kings of Great Britain, no effectual legal relief could be obtained. Weaned by a long course of experience from those narrow prejudices and partialities we had imbibed, we find our hearts enlarged with kindness and benevolence towards men of all conditions and nations, and...
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George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791

Burton Alva Konkle - 1922 - 508 lehte
...saying: "Upon a clause of so obscure a kind, I would not wish to press an argument aga,nst liberty." tion by removing as much as possible the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage" ; and it was a great moment, on that first day of March, when the shackles began falling off of the...
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In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. The Colonial Period

A. Leon Higginbotham - 1980 - 548 lehte
...counteract his mercies. We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by...sorrows of those, who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the assumed authority of the Kings of Great Britain, no effectual, legal relief...
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Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process

Robert M. Cover - 1975 - 340 lehte
...counteract his mercies. We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by...sorrows of those, who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the assumed authority of the Kings of Great-Britain, no effectual, legal relief...
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Race and Revolution

Gary B. Nash - 1990 - 240 lehte
...counteract His mercies. We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day, to add one more step to universal civilization, by...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the assumed authority of the Kings of Britain, no effectual legal relief, could...
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Thomas Paine

A. J. Ayer - 1990 - 210 lehte
...counteract his mercies. We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the assumed authority of the Kings of Great Britain, no effectual legal relief could...
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A Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate Over the Constitution

John P. Kaminski, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Center for the Study of the American Constitution - 1995 - 310 lehte
...counteract His mercies. We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day, to add one more step to universal civilization, by...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which, by the assumed authority of the Kings of Britain, no effectual legal relief, could...
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A History of American Law: Third Edition

Lawrence M. Friedman - 2005 - 642 lehte
..."the work of an Almighty Hand," even though different "in feature or complexion." The statute promised to "add one more step to universal civilization by...sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage, and from which by the assumed authority of the Kings of Britain, no effectual legal relief "The literature...
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