Document number 49, which are resolutions of protest by the Virginia State Legislature against the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), and document number 50, which is a reflection by the prominent citizen George Tucker on Gabriel’s rebellion and the nature of slavery and fXXXXXX (XXXX), both present XXX XXXXXXXX XXX interconnected perspectives on XXXXXXX in XXX XXX XXXXXXXX republic. This XXXXXXXX XXXX compare the two XXXXXXXXX with regard XX XXXXX XXXXXX, purpose, XXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXX.
XXXXXXXX, in XXXXX XX XXXXXX, both documents come from XXXXX, free XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX men in the XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. Document XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXXX by XXXXX XXXXXXX, one of XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX of XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXX a XXXXX, XXXXXX status XXXXXXXX male, while XXXXXXXX 50 XXX written XX XXXXXX XXXXXX, of a prominent family in XXXXXXXX.
XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXX thus XXXXXXX higher-class, XXXXX perspectives on XXXXXXX. XXX example, XXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXXX with XXXXXXX in XXXXX of XXXXXXXXXXXX dissent, freedom XX opinion and rights to free XXXXXX XXXXXX than slavery, while Tucker’s XXXX XX slavery, XXXXX sympathetic to the XXXXXX XX slaves, stops short XX XXXXXXXXXX XXX a XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX.
Secondly, XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXX, in terms XX purpose, XXXX to convince their audiences XX different XXXXXXXXXXXX. Document XXXXXX XX seeks XX condemn XXX Alien XXX XXXXXXXX acts XX opposed to XXX freedom XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX freedom in the new XXXXXXXX, XX XXX be XXXXX by how it ‘unequivocally express[es]s a XXXX resolution to maintain and defend XXX Constitution of the United States’ and appeals to XXX fact XXXX ‘the XXXXXXX of conscience XXX XXX press cannot XX XXXXXXXXX, abridged, restrained, or modified, by XXX authority XX XXX XXXXXX States’. XX seeks to XXXXXX XXX XXXXX and Sedition XXXX XX showing how XXX two XXXX oppose XXXXXXXX principles of XXXXXXX XX enlarging XXX XXXXX of XXXXXXXXXX XX persecute ‘XXXXXXXXX’ foreigners XXX limit XXXXXXX XX XXX press. On XXX XXXXX XXXX, document number XX seeks to XXXXXXX a sympathetic perspective XX Gabriel’s rebellion, a rebellion of slaves, by XXXXXXXXX that XXX XXXXXX’ ‘love XX XXXXXXX… XX an inborn XXXXXXXXX… [and] there never XXXX XXXX slaves in any XXXXXXX, XXX XXXX not seized XXX first XXXXXXXXX opportunity to XXXXXX’.
XXXXXXX, in terms of XXXXX, both XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXX XX they XXXXXXXXX how the higher class, XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX population, which held most of the XXXXX in the early XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, viewed XXXXXX such as freedom of the press and XXXXXXX XXX XXXXXX. For XXXXXXX, XXX resolution XXXXXXX XXX XXXXX and Sedition XXXX condemns how the XXXX unite ‘XXXXXXXXXXX XXX judicial powers to those of the XXXXXXXXX’ XXX ‘subverts the general XXXXXXXXXX of free XXXXXXXXXX’, while Tucker’s XXXXX that slaves have ‘XXX XXXX XX XXXXXXX’ XXXXXX XX XXX, and XXXX XXXXXX actively learned XXXX XXXXXXXX society the principles XX freedom, showcase contradictions in XXXXXXX in XXXXX XXXXXXXX society, and white XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX these XXXXXX.
Finally, in terms XX XXXXXXXXXXX, document 49 is limited as it XXXXXXXX a XXXXXX XXXX on freedom, that of freedom XX speech XXX XXXXX, XXXXX document 50 is limited as it XXXXXXXX a XXXXXXXX, XXXXXX than majority, view XX the contradictions of slavery and a free American society.
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