A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of AmericaKimber and Sharpless, 1827 - 171 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 46
עמוד iv
... Constitution of the United States , as might be fitly introduced into this sketch , have been added in an Appendix . Several acts of congress , will be found in- serted there also . These , however , are not numerous , since from the ...
... Constitution of the United States , as might be fitly introduced into this sketch , have been added in an Appendix . Several acts of congress , will be found in- serted there also . These , however , are not numerous , since from the ...
עמוד 36
... Constitution of Georgia , art . 4 , § 12 , and act of Assembly ( 1817 ) ; Prince's Digest , 348 & 456 ; Mississippi Rev. Code , 297 ; Missouri Constitution , art . 3 , § 28 , and act of July 4 , 1825 ; 1 Missouri Laws , 282 ; Laws of ...
... Constitution of Georgia , art . 4 , § 12 , and act of Assembly ( 1817 ) ; Prince's Digest , 348 & 456 ; Mississippi Rev. Code , 297 ; Missouri Constitution , art . 3 , § 28 , and act of July 4 , 1825 ; 1 Missouri Laws , 282 ; Laws of ...
עמוד 37
... constitution of Georgia , art . 4 , §12 , is so nearly similar , that I transcribe it in this place , in order that both may be considered together . " Any person who shall ma- liciously dismember or deprive a slave of life , shall ...
... constitution of Georgia , art . 4 , §12 , is so nearly similar , that I transcribe it in this place , in order that both may be considered together . " Any person who shall ma- liciously dismember or deprive a slave of life , shall ...
עמוד 41
... constitution of Mississippi bestows upon the general as- sembly power to make laws to oblige the owners of slaves to So lately as 1819 , the legislature of Louisiana recognized the practice of putting iron chains and collars upon slaves ...
... constitution of Mississippi bestows upon the general as- sembly power to make laws to oblige the owners of slaves to So lately as 1819 , the legislature of Louisiana recognized the practice of putting iron chains and collars upon slaves ...
עמוד 42
... constitution of Missouri has gone beyond that of Missis- sippi , in relation to the protection of slaves from the inhumanity of their masters ; for it not only empowers the legislature " to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with ...
... constitution of Missouri has gone beyond that of Missis- sippi , in relation to the protection of slaves from the inhumanity of their masters ; for it not only empowers the legislature " to oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with ...
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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.