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" You know that nobody wishes more ardently to see an abolition, not only of the trade, but of the condition of slavery ; and certainly nobody will be more willing to encounter every sacrifice for that object. "
Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late ... - Page 294
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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"Liberty."

Julius Rubens Ames - Enslaved persons - 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,...
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The Legion of Liberty!: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words ...

Slavery - 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...
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The Legion of Liberty!: And Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words ...

Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 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...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 3

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 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...
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The Church

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...
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The Address of the Southern and Western Liberty Convention Held at ...

Slavery - 1845 - 96 pages
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The African Repository, Volume 25

African Americans - 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...
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Speeches in Congress on Admission of California

California - 1850 - 912 pages
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A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects ...

Charles Simmons - Aphorisms and apothegms - 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....
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Putnam's Monthly, Volume 10

1857 - 442 pages
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