A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of AmericaKimber and Sharpless, 1827 - 171 עמודים |
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עמוד 37
... committed on a free white person , and on the like proof , ex- cept in case of insurrection of such slave , and unless SUCH DEATH SHOULD HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT IN GIVING SUCH SLAVE MODERATE CORRECTION . " Prince's Digest , 559 . The glaring ...
... committed on a free white person , and on the like proof , ex- cept in case of insurrection of such slave , and unless SUCH DEATH SHOULD HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT IN GIVING SUCH SLAVE MODERATE CORRECTION . " Prince's Digest , 559 . The glaring ...
עמוד 39
... commit- ted to the work - house in Charleston for the space of seven years , & c . & c . at hard labour . " 2 Brev . Dig . 241. This pecuniary mulct was the only restraint upon the wilful murder of a slave in this state , from the year ...
... commit- ted to the work - house in Charleston for the space of seven years , & c . & c . at hard labour . " 2 Brev . Dig . 241. This pecuniary mulct was the only restraint upon the wilful murder of a slave in this state , from the year ...
עמוד 43
... committing him or her . " 1 Missouri Laws , 309. While for the obvious reason , that the master , if cruel and vindictive , can gratify his disposition in a manner less expensive , and much less troublesome to him in its execu- tion ...
... committing him or her . " 1 Missouri Laws , 309. While for the obvious reason , that the master , if cruel and vindictive , can gratify his disposition in a manner less expensive , and much less troublesome to him in its execu- tion ...
עמוד 66
... commit illegal violence upon him , may easily remove him to a spot safe from the observation of a competent witness . Indeed , it is probable , few white per- sons ordinarily reside upon the same plantation , since I find , in most of ...
... commit illegal violence upon him , may easily remove him to a spot safe from the observation of a competent witness . Indeed , it is probable , few white per- sons ordinarily reside upon the same plantation , since I find , in most of ...
עמוד 67
... commit the most atrocious cruelties , even to murder his slave , NO FREE PERSON BEING PRESENT TO WITNESS THE ACT . There appears to me a radical defect in the administration of justice throughout the West In- dies , in whatever case the ...
... commit the most atrocious cruelties , even to murder his slave , NO FREE PERSON BEING PRESENT TO WITNESS THE ACT . There appears to me a radical defect in the administration of justice throughout the West In- dies , in whatever case the ...
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act of assembly act of congress aforesaid apprehend authority Benefit of Clergy born Brevard's Digest chap cited claim Code Noir committed constitution conviction corporal punishment court crime cruelty custody death declared deemed discretion dollars duty emancipation enacted entitled evidence free negroes freedom fugitive Georgia Haywood's Manual hereafter hereby humanity ibid important imprisonment Indian inflicted judge Kentucky labour lashes Laws of Maryland laws of North legislature Litt Louisiana magistrate manumission manumitted Martin's Digest master mestizoes Mississippi Rev Missouri Laws murder negro or mulatto oath offence overseer passed peace penalty Pennsylvania person of colour person or persons plaintiff pounds currency present Prince's Digest prohibition proper province provisions punishment repealed Reports reside servant or slave servitude sheriff slave or slaves slave trade slave-holding sold South Carolina suspected runaway Tennessee territory testimony thereof tion trial by jury United unless Virginia white person witnesses
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 173 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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...
עמוד 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.