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  • In response, John Rutledge of South Carolina, while admitting that slavery might offend "religion and humanity," declared that the Carolinas and Georgia could not survive without it.

    What Michele Bachmann Should Have Said About Slavery Thomas Fleming 2011

  • At the same time, some who had aligned themselves with Morris early on, like John Rutledge and Samuel Osgood, now began backing away from the Nationalist program.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • At the Philadelphia convention, John Rutledge noted that “property was certainly the principal object of Society.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar 2010

  • It counts John Rutledge once, who served into his 50s, left the court and served again in his50s.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “What Kagan Will Bring to the Court” 2010

  • And his participation, along with that of John Rutledge and Edmund Randolph, in the preparation of the Committee of Detail Report during the period July 26-August 4 was a particularly important step toward creating a “rough draft” of a constitution.

    What constitutes a draft of the U.S. Constitution? « Fondly, Pennsylvania: Notes from Archives and Conservation 2010

  • The delegates got on the road, and in the course of the next month completed their tour of the states, though John Rutledge and George Clymer, the emissaries to the South, did not get further than Virginia.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • At the same time, some who had aligned themselves with Morris early on, like John Rutledge and Samuel Osgood, now began backing away from the Nationalist program.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • As they came in, Morris was gratified to see many of his old allies from the political wars of the Congress—Madison, Hamilton, John Rutledge, John Dickinson, now representing Delaware, and, though he arrived late in the deliberations, John Langdon of New Hampshire.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • As they came in, Morris was gratified to see many of his old allies from the political wars of the Congress—Madison, Hamilton, John Rutledge, John Dickinson, now representing Delaware, and, though he arrived late in the deliberations, John Langdon of New Hampshire.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • The delegates got on the road, and in the course of the next month completed their tour of the states, though John Rutledge and George Clymer, the emissaries to the South, did not get further than Virginia.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

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