Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Middleton” in chapter 1.2 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1.:
...ciple was maintained by the United States that the emancipation of enemy's slaves is not among the acts of legitimate warfare.
In the instructions from John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State, to Mr. Middleton , at St. Petersburg, October 18, 1820, it is said: The British have broadly asserted the right of emancipating slaves (private property) as a legitimate right of war. No such right is acknowledged as ...
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