 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...importation of slaves into this State from Africa, or any foreign place, after the first day of October next. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation ef slaves, without the consent of each of their respective owners, previous to such emancipation. They... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 538 pages
...mode prescribed by the said compact, shall be considered as a part of this constitution. "ARTICLE IX. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for...the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without pay ing their owners, previous tosu^h emancipation, a full equivalent in money,... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 540 pages
...on account of such securityship. ^'ARTICLE VII. — Concerning slaves. "Sec. 1. The general assembly shall have no power to pass -laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners previous to such emancipation a full equivalent in money... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...importations of slaves into this state, from Africa or any foreign place, after the first day of Octoher next. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent ot each of their respective owners, previous to such emancipation. They shall have no power to prevent... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1834 - 430 pages
...Scott, of said committee. Mr HESS submitted the following: 1st. Resolved, That the General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owner or owners, or without paying their owners previous to such emancipation a full equivalent... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...the 2d division, of the 6th article of the same constitution, are the words : " The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners." Mr. S. observed, that he read this last part of that constitution because it was nearly... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1836 - 650 pages
...approval. On looking into it, we find in its ninth article the following clause: " The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners." My colleague proposes to amend the eighth section of the bill "for the admission of... | |
 | John Mason Peck - History - 1837 - 396 pages
...Illinois, in its broad features, excepting the holding of slaves is allowed, and the General Assembly has no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, or paying an equivalent. It is made the duty of the General Assembly " to oblige the... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Missouri - 1837 - 398 pages
...Illinois, in its broad features, excepting the holding of slaves is allowed, and the General Assembly has no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, or paying an equivalent. It is made the duty of the General Assembly " to oblige the... | |
 | James Turner Morehead - Kentucky - 1840 - 192 pages
...necessary guards against legislative encroachment. The General Assembly, therefore, were deprived of the "power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners, previous to such emancipation, a full equivalent in money."... | |
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State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States... 
