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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... peace , and , I believe , the slave was allowed to demand sure- ties of the peace against a violent and barbarous master . Under these regu owners and possessors , and their executors , administrators and 23.
... peace , and , I believe , the slave was allowed to demand sure- ties of the peace against a violent and barbarous master . Under these regu owners and possessors , and their executors , administrators and 23.
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... peace , nearest to the place , where the seizure shall be made , and such justice shall take the oath of the person making such seizure , concerning the manner thereof ; and if the said justice shall be satisfied that such seizure has ...
... peace , nearest to the place , where the seizure shall be made , and such justice shall take the oath of the person making such seizure , concerning the manner thereof ; and if the said justice shall be satisfied that such seizure has ...
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... peace , sheriffs , coroners , constables or other judicial and ministerial officers of this state , to use all reasonable and lawful means to carry this act into effect ; which if they or any of them neglect * The law of Delaware bears ...
... peace , sheriffs , coroners , constables or other judicial and ministerial officers of this state , to use all reasonable and lawful means to carry this act into effect ; which if they or any of them neglect * The law of Delaware bears ...
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... peace committed to the custody of any sheriff or gaoler within this pro- vince , it shall not be lawful for any such sheriff or gaoler to hold such person in custody longer than six months ; and if such person can , at any time within ...
... peace committed to the custody of any sheriff or gaoler within this pro- vince , it shall not be lawful for any such sheriff or gaoler to hold such person in custody longer than six months ; and if such person can , at any time within ...
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... peace , not exceeding twenty lashes . " 1 Rev. Code , 424-5 . So in South Carolina , in addition to the highly penal restraint upon the education of a slave , contained in the law already cited , an act of assembly was passed in 1800 ...
... peace , not exceeding twenty lashes . " 1 Rev. Code , 424-5 . So in South Carolina , in addition to the highly penal restraint upon the education of a slave , contained in the law already cited , an act of assembly was passed in 1800 ...
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Seite 136 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
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 - 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.
Seite vii - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities.
Seite 163 - in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade," so far as the same is applicable to the present case. From this I make the following extract: Under the second section of this act the President is ' ' authorized to make such regulations and arrangements as he may deem expedient for the safe-keeping, support, and removal beyond the limits of the United States of all such negroes, mulattoes, or persons of color...
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 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 120 - Any person who shall maliciously dismember or deprive a slave of life, shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted in case the like...
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.