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 19
... hardship of this law will be seen , when I come to treat of the exclusion of negroes , mulattoes , & c . as witnesses , where the interest of white persons is in question , or other free - born women , that have already 19.
... hardship of this law will be seen , when I come to treat of the exclusion of negroes , mulattoes , & c . as witnesses , where the interest of white persons is in question , or other free - born women , that have already 19.
Sivu 31
... witness , or make complaint in any known mode against his master , the apparent object of these laws may always be defeated . I might , therefore , spare myself any further attention to this proposition . But , for the information of ...
... witness , or make complaint in any known mode against his master , the apparent object of these laws may always be defeated . I might , therefore , spare myself any further attention to this proposition . But , for the information of ...
Sivu 32
... witness , it is not very easy to see how positive proof as to the insufficiency of food can be obtained ; and , of course , by the terms of the act , the master or overseer , by his oath , may exculpate himself - may answer the general ...
... witness , it is not very easy to see how positive proof as to the insufficiency of food can be obtained ; and , of course , by the terms of the act , the master or overseer , by his oath , may exculpate himself - may answer the general ...
Sivu 44
... witness , tending to prove that the plaintiff had given a general permission to Brown , one of the defendants , to VISIT his negro quar- ters , and to chastise any of his slaves who might be found acting improperly . " This evidence was ...
... witness , tending to prove that the plaintiff had given a general permission to Brown , one of the defendants , to VISIT his negro quar- ters , and to chastise any of his slaves who might be found acting improperly . " This evidence was ...
Sivu 65
... witness against a white person , either in a civil or criminal cause . II . He cannot be a party to a civil suit . III . The benefits of education are withheld from the slave . IV . The means for moral and religious instruction are not ...
... witness against a white person , either in a civil or criminal cause . II . He cannot be a party to a civil suit . III . The benefits of education are withheld from the slave . IV . The means for moral and religious instruction are not ...
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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.