 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...  Massachusetts Reports - Page 583by Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1877 - 490 pages
...Constitution of Massachusetts was ratified. These are a part of 'the words of that article : " All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,...unalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties." There are similar articles in the declaration of... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...but priests and constables have gone another. The first article of the Bill of Rights declares " All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights," &c. The second declares, " No subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in \\K person, liberty... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Common Council - Boston (Mass.) - 1822 - 148 pages
...DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS, OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE Commonwealth oi ^Massachusetts. ARTICLE I. ALL men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,...unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending Equaiity of hirth their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing,... | |
 | Alden Bradford - Massachusetts - 1822 - 1122 pages
...of civil and political liberty, which are recognized by the constitution of the State : " that all men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential and unalienable rights." And these, he said, " he considered guaranteed by the author of nature, and acknowledged by divine... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 pages
...X. DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. ARTICLE I. ALL men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,...rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that of acquiring, posse.ssing, and protecting property... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1827 - 192 pages
...bill of rights prefixed to the constitution of the state, — the language of which article is, " all men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,...unalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing and protecting property... | |
 | Enoch Lewis - Slave trade - 1828 - 390 pages
...One day after the passage of the Pennsylvania law. -f The article alluded to is the following: "All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which msy be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives ana liberties; that of acquiring, possessing... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1890 - 928 pages
...expressly made a constituent part of her Constitution — and the first article of it affirms that " All men are born free and equal, 'and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights,' among which, is that of seeking and obtaining their happiness." The preamble sets forth " The end of the institution,... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1830 - 692 pages
...ourselves, or apologize for an indifference to this subject' Our con stiiutions of government have declared that all men are born free and equal, and have certain unalienable rights, among which are the right of enjoying their lives, libertv, and property, anil... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ART. I.—ALL men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,...unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties ; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property... | |
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