History of Kansas: From the First Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, to Its Admission Into the Union: Embracing a Concise Sketch of Louisiana; American Slavery, and Its Onward March; the Conflict of Free and Slave Labor in the Settlement of Kansas, and the Overthrow of the Latter, with All Other Items of General InterestJames, Emmons & Company, 1868 - 584 Seiten |
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... passed the same year into the hands of the western company . This corporation had absolute sovereignty over Louisiana , except homage and fealty to the King of France . The association was headed by John Law , a notorious gambler and ...
... passed the same year into the hands of the western company . This corporation had absolute sovereignty over Louisiana , except homage and fealty to the King of France . The association was headed by John Law , a notorious gambler and ...
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... passed into the hands of the com- pany . The members of the company held their charter un- til 1733 , when , wearied with their burden , surrendered it . Though the company did not accomplish for the colony all that it and others ...
... passed into the hands of the com- pany . The members of the company held their charter un- til 1733 , when , wearied with their burden , surrendered it . Though the company did not accomplish for the colony all that it and others ...
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... passed under the second grade of government . In those days there were two distinct conditions which organized territory could occupy . In the first they were governed by a governor , judges and secretary , appointed by the President ...
... passed under the second grade of government . In those days there were two distinct conditions which organized territory could occupy . In the first they were governed by a governor , judges and secretary , appointed by the President ...
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... passed a law pro- hibiting slavery in the territory north - west of the Ohio River which Virginia had ceded to the United States , and to which other States had relinquished their claims . The prohibition reads as follows : " There ...
... passed a law pro- hibiting slavery in the territory north - west of the Ohio River which Virginia had ceded to the United States , and to which other States had relinquished their claims . The prohibition reads as follows : " There ...
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... passed to the second grade of gov- ernment , under the title of Missouri Territory . The popula- tion spreading back from each side of the Missouri River , and extending about two hundred miles west of the Mississippi , in 1815 ...
... passed to the second grade of gov- ernment , under the title of Missouri Territory . The popula- tion spreading back from each side of the Missouri River , and extending about two hundred miles west of the Mississippi , in 1815 ...
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History of Kansas: From the First Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, to ... John N Holloway Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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Seite 70 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair, the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Seite 57 - New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution.
Seite 69 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Seite 65 - That the Constitution, and all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Seite 80 - States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...
Seite 71 - States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Seite 72 - ... the time, place, and manner of holding and conducting all elections by the people, and the apportioning the representation in the several counties or districts to the council...
Seite 64 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 34 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the religion which they profess.
Seite 80 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...