... that "all the power is invested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them." (p. 91). The American people believed in the importance that every officer in the government must be elected either directly or indirectly ... the congress. In the North the importation of slaves ceased and that brought about the abolition of slavery. The Massachusetts constitution, in its first article, said that all men are born free and equal. The question arose if that pertains to slaves, in court, it was ruled that ... W...

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