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�                                              Resolve and Petitions
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Resolve and Petitions
                                                    relative to Slavery
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relative to Slavery
                                                  Postpones till 1837.
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Postponed till 1937.
  
                                                            1837
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1837
  
                                                State of Maine
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State of Maine
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Resolves respecting the
                                                Resolves respecting the
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abolition of Slavery
                                                abolition of Slavery
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and the slave trade in
                                                and the slave trade in
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the District of Columbia
                                                the District of Columbia
 
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Resolved    That neither Congress nor the  
 
Resolved    That neither Congress nor the  
 
                     Legislatures of the non slave holding  
 
                     Legislatures of the non slave holding  
 
                     states have any right to inter-
 
                     states have any right to inter-
                     =fere with slavery within the
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                     fere with slavery within the
                    slave holding states.
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                    slave holding states.
  
 
Resolved    That the right to petition
 
Resolved    That the right to petition
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                     by the Constitution of the United
 
                     by the Constitution of the United
 
                     States.
 
                     States.
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Resolved    That Congress has the right to
 
Resolved    That Congress has the right to
 
                     abolish slavery and the slave  
 
                     abolish slavery and the slave  
 
                     trade in the District of Colum-
 
                     trade in the District of Colum-
                     =bia, but inasmuch as our
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                     bia, but inasmuch as our
 
                     Senators and Representatives can
 
                     Senators and Representatives can

Latest revision as of 15:35, 27 August 2020

Resolve and Petitions relative to Slavery Postponed till 1937.

1837

State of Maine Resolves respecting the abolition of Slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia

Resolved That neither Congress nor the

                   Legislatures of the non slave holding 
                   states have any right to inter-
                   fere with slavery within the
                   slave holding states.

Resolved That the right to petition

                    Congress to abolish slavery
                    and the slave trade, in the
                    District of Columbia is guaranteed
                    by the Constitution of the United
                    States.

Resolved That Congress has the right to

                    abolish slavery and the slave 
                    trade in the District of Colum-
                    bia, but inasmuch as our
                    Senators and Representatives can