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Key-Notes of American Liberty: Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government to the present time — John Shaqi

Key-Notes of American Liberty: Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government to the present timeVarious

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Key-Notes of American Liberty: Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government to the present time

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such person to the State or Territory from which he escaped. _Provided_,
That nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the
production of a transcript of such record as evidence as aforesaid. But
in its absence the claim shall be heard and determined upon other
satisfactory proofs, competent in law.




THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.

ADOPTED MARCH 6, 1820.

     _An Act to authorize the People of the Missouri Territory to form a
     Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such
     State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States,
     and to prohibit Slavery in certain Territories._

     (All the previous sections of this act relate entirely to the
     formation of the Missouri Territory in the usual form of
     territorial bills, the 8th section only relating to the slavery
     question.)


_And be it further enacted_, That in all that Territory ceded by France
to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of
thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included
within the limits of the State contemplated by their act, slavery and
involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes,
whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is
hereby, forever prohibited. _Provided always_, That any person escaping
into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any
State or Territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully
reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or
service as aforesaid.




THE STATES OF THE UNION.


The following is a list of the States constituting the Union, with the
dates of their admission. The thirty-six stars in our national flag are
therefore designated as under:

Delaware          Dec. 7, 1787.
Pennsylvania      Dec. 12, 1787.
New Jersey        Dec. 13, 1787.
Georgia           Jan. 2, 1788.
Connecticut       Jan. 9, 1788.
Massachusetts     Feb. 6, 1788.
Maryland          April 28, 1788.
South Carolina    May 23, 1788.
N. Hampshire      June 21, 1788.
Virginia          June 26, 1788.
New York          July 26, 1788.
N. Carolina       Nov. 21, 1789.
Rhode Island      May 29, 1790.
Vermont           March 4, 1791.
Kentucky          June 1, 1792.
Tennessee         June 1, 1796.
Ohio              Nov. 29, 1802.
Louisiana         April 8, 1812.
Indiana           Dec. 11, 1816.
Mississippi       Dec. 16, 1817.
Illinois          Dec. 3, 1818.
Alabama           Dec. 14, 1819.
Maine             March 15, 1820.
Missouri          Aug. 10, 1821.
Arkansas          June 15, 1836.
Michigan          Jan. 26, 1837.
Florida           March 3, 1845.
Texas             Dec. 29, 1845.
Iowa              Dec. 28, 1846.
Wisconsin         May 29, 1848.
California        Sept. 9, 1850.
Minnesota         Dec., 1857.
Oregon            Dec., 1858.
Kansas            March, 1862.
West Virginia     Feb., 1863.
Nevada            Oct., 1864.




INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.

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