Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act of 1990: Hearing and Markup Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3712, November 21, 1991

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242 페이지 - It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognized as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, singly or in companies, without pass or passport, and without obstruction, to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of...
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