That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with... A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ... - Página 220por John Wilson Campbell, Moses Hoge - 1813 - 310 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| David Meade Massie - 1896 - 316 páginas
...compelled them to assert themselves, which they did, justifying their conduct by the declaration, " that all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of pursuing and obtaining... | |
| Royall Bascom Smithey - 1898 - 188 páginas
...the following constitution and form of government for this commonwealth : ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS A declaration of rights made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
| Eli Ginzberg, Alfred S. Eichner - 1993 - 380 páginas
...Happiness."' But was the Negro included when the Virginia Convention adopted a Bill of Rights which declared, "That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, . . . namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty"?8 On the eve of the Revolutionary War there were approximately... | |
| Dale Van Kley - 1994 - 460 páginas
...those rights of the people which could never be divested by any compact. Hence the formulation of the "DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA . . . which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government."... | |
| Lance Banning - 1995 - 264 páginas
...laws for the human mind." 1. The Virginia Declaration of Rights June 12, 1776 A DECLARATION o/RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which,... | |
| R. C. van Caenegem - 1995 - 352 páginas
...Virginia, which contained two panels, a bill of rights and a description of the organization of the state, that 'all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights ... namely the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property and... | |
| Gary L. McDowell, L. Sharon Noble, Sharon L. Noble - 1997 - 350 páginas
...with a directness that has seldom been imitated, Mason set down for Virginians those rights "which ... do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government."6 Jefferson's own constitutional model for the Convention shows that his mind and Mason's... | |
| Andy Williams - 1998 - 230 páginas
...our fortunes, and our sacred honour. 182 Appendix 2 The Virginia Bill of Rights Adopted June 12, 1776 A declaration of rights made by the representatives...posterity, as the basis and foundation of government. Section 1 That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights,... | |
| Gary Kates - 1998 - 377 páginas
...those rights of the people which could never be divested by any compact. Hence the formulation of the "DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA.. . which rights do pertain to them and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of Government."... | |
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