 | Sir Spencer Walpole - 1890 - 502 pàgines
...Constitution and of the fi«' motion Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolition abolished throughout the British colonies, with as much expedition as may be found consistent with due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned."4 He asked the 1 For Quasheba's case see Hansard,... | |
 | Thomas Rain - 1892 - 404 pàgines
...Then took place the first debate on the subject of negro slavery. Mr. Buxton began by moving — " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...of the Christian religion ; and that it ought to be gradually abolished, with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being... | |
 | Edmund Kell Blyth - 1892 - 462 pàgines
...up to the " spirit of the axiom placed so prominently in the fore" ground by the abolitionists — ' that the state of slavery is " ' repugnant to the...British Constitution " ' and of the Christian religion ' — were they to listen to " their feelings alone, and, excluding the voice of reason " from their... | |
 | James Rodway - 1893 - 324 pàgines
...Slavery question was brought up in the House of Commons on the 15th of May, by Mr. F. BUXTON, who moved " that the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...abolished gradually throughout the British colonies with us much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the wellbeing of the parties concerned."... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1899 - 826 pàgines
...should take into consideration the state of slavery in the British Colonies.' On that date he moved ' That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...of the Christian religion ; and that it ought to be gradually abolished, with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1899 - 464 pàgines
...the honorable Member for Weymouth, on the occasion to which the learned civilian has alluded, viz., that the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the Christian religion. To this, •sir, I objected, not, certainly, meaning thereby to degrade the Christian... | |
 | James Henry Stark - 1903 - 356 pàgines
...House of Commons. Mr. Buxton brought forward a resolution in March, 1823, "declaring that slavery was repugnant to the principles of the British Constitution...of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British dominion." The motion was rejected in the House, and in... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 728 pàgines
...others indirectly encouraged. On the 15th of May, 1823, Mr. Thomas Fowell Buxton moved as a resolution, "That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent... | |
 | Jesse Page - 1908 - 508 pàgines
...Buxton. It was a glorious succession. The new leader declared war by moving the historic resolution, " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent... | |
 | William James Gardner - 1909 - 556 pàgines
...Mr. Fowell Buxton rose in his place in the House of Commons and moved the following resolution : " That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles...of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent... | |
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That the state of slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion, and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies with as much expedition as may be found consistent with a due... 
