A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of AmericaKimber and Sharpless, 1827 - 171 sivua |
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Sivu iii
... manner be governed by the laws then in force in Maryland . But few al- terations have been made in the laws affecting the condition of slaves in either of the states just named , since the date of the act of congress ; the quotations ...
... manner be governed by the laws then in force in Maryland . But few al- terations have been made in the laws affecting the condition of slaves in either of the states just named , since the date of the act of congress ; the quotations ...
Sivu 27
... manner can the law be enforced ? It must be a dead letter . It can serve no valuable end . For any benefit it yields the slave , it might as well not have been passed . The same objections apply to the clause in the second section which ...
... manner can the law be enforced ? It must be a dead letter . It can serve no valuable end . For any benefit it yields the slave , it might as well not have been passed . The same objections apply to the clause in the second section which ...
Sivu 43
... manner less expensive , and much less troublesome to him in its execu- tion , and more severe towards his victim , I do not think it pro- bable this power will be abused ; yet , viewing man as he is , no law ought to justify and assist ...
... manner less expensive , and much less troublesome to him in its execu- tion , and more severe towards his victim , I do not think it pro- bable this power will be abused ; yet , viewing man as he is , no law ought to justify and assist ...
Sivu 44
... manner , that he owes to his master and to all his family a respect without bounds and an absolute obedience , and he is consequently to execute all the orders which he receives from him , his said master , or from them . " 1 Martin's ...
... manner , that he owes to his master and to all his family a respect without bounds and an absolute obedience , and he is consequently to execute all the orders which he receives from him , his said master , or from them . " 1 Martin's ...
Sivu 47
... manner thereof ; and if the said justice shall be satisfied that such seizure has been made according to law , he shall pronounce and declare the goods so seized , to be forfeited , and order the same to be sold at public outcry , one ...
... manner thereof ; and if the said justice shall be satisfied that such seizure has been made according to law , he shall pronounce and declare the goods so seized , to be forfeited , and order the same to be sold at public outcry , one ...
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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
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 173 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.