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Dissertation on Slavery With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia

Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827· 2 chapters· 14,592 words

clause of which is in the very words of the act of 1705. c. 52. A similar title to an act of that session occurs in the edition of 1733. p. 94. and the chapter is numbered as in the manuscript. If this manuscript be authentic (which there is some reason to presume, it being co...

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1. c. 9 entitled, "An Act for a free Trade with Indians," the enacting

clause of which is in the very words of the act of 1705. c. 52. A similar title to an act of that session occurs in the edition of 1733. p. 94. and the chapter is numbered as in...

2. civil. We must be contented to hope they will force their way into every

one's mind. I think a change already perceptible, since the origin of the present revolution. The spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust; his co...