We will neither import nor purchase,
any slave imported after the first day
of December next; after which time,
we will wholly discontinue the slave trade,
and will neither be concerned in it ourselves,
nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our
commodities or manufactures to those
who are concerned in it
The Articles of Association
October 20, 1774
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/art_assoc.htm
Against the Constitutionality
of the Bank of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson 1791
http://www.constitution.org/mon/tj-bank.htm
George Washington's
Farewell Address 1796
http://www.constitution.org/gw/fare_add.htm
More Classics
http://www.constitution.org/liberlib.htm
