A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of AmericaKimber and Sharpless, 1827 - 171 Seiten |
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... authority . By a copy , which I possess , of the laws , of this latter state , applicable to slaves , it does not ap- pear that many such alterations or repeals have been made . I have , therefore , in general , omitted to mention ...
... authority . By a copy , which I possess , of the laws , of this latter state , applicable to slaves , it does not ap- pear that many such alterations or repeals have been made . I have , therefore , in general , omitted to mention ...
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... authority they are regarded as such . These propositions present but little difficulty ; since positive enactments of the several legislatures of the slave - holding states constitute the authority ; and the lan- guage by which they are ...
... authority they are regarded as such . These propositions present but little difficulty ; since positive enactments of the several legislatures of the slave - holding states constitute the authority ; and the lan- guage by which they are ...
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... late Judge Rush , has inadvertently stated , that usage was the authority upon which it was founded . See Respublica vs. Negro Betsey et al , 1 Dallas ' Reports , 475 . CHAPTER II . OF THE INCIDENTS OF SLAVERY . WITH 20 .
... late Judge Rush , has inadvertently stated , that usage was the authority upon which it was founded . See Respublica vs. Negro Betsey et al , 1 Dallas ' Reports , 475 . CHAPTER II . OF THE INCIDENTS OF SLAVERY . WITH 20 .
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... authority . " This description is to be taken as applicable to the condition of slaves at an early period of the Roman history ; for before the fall of the Roman empire , several important changes had been introduced favourable to the ...
... authority . " This description is to be taken as applicable to the condition of slaves at an early period of the Roman history ; for before the fall of the Roman empire , several important changes had been introduced favourable to the ...
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... authority thereof , that there shall never be any bond slavery , villenage or captivity among us , unless it be lawful captives taken in just war , ( such ) as willingly sell themselves or are sold to us ; and such shall have the ...
... authority thereof , that there shall never be any bond slavery , villenage or captivity among us , unless it be lawful captives taken in just war , ( such ) as willingly sell themselves or are sold to us ; and such shall have the ...
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Seite vii - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Seite 138 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights; amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety...
Seite 173 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite ii - An act supplementary to an act, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 37 - Any person who shall maliciously dismember, or deprive a slave of life shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted in case the like offence had been committed on a free white person, and on the like proof, except in case of insurrection of such slave.
Seite 120 - ... to be allowed counsel; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have process for his witnesses; to examine the witnesses for and against him on oath; and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury, without whose unanimous consent he ought not to be found guilty.
Seite 22 - The cardinal principle of Slavery, that the slave is not to be ranked among sentient beings...
Seite 41 - The slave is entirely subject to the will of his master, who may correct and chastise him, though not with unusual rigor, nor so as to maim or mutilate him, or to expose him to the danger of loss of life, or to cause his death," and provides for a compulsory sale.
Seite 172 - ... or arrested, doth, under the laws of the state or territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the state or territory from which he or she fled.
Seite ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.