A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the Decisions Made on that Subject, in the Several Courts of the United States, and State Courts. With Copious Notes and References to the Statutes and Other Authorities, Systematically Arranged |
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adm'r adverse possession alleged appears assumpsit Bibb's Rep bill of sale born brought Call's Rep cause charged child claim Code color common law considered constitution contract county court court held court of equity creditors damages death debt declared decree deed defendant's detinue devised emancipation entitled evidence ex'rs execution executor exist fact fraud gift give heirs hire Indian indictment issue judge justice liable M'Cord's manumission manumit Martin's Louisiana Rep master ment mortgage mother mulatto Munf negro negro woman North Carolina offence opinion owner parol party passed person petition petitioner Phebe plaintiff plaintiff in error plea pleaded possession principle proof proved provision punishment purchased question recover redhibition redhibitory rule S. C. Rep slave slavery sold statute sued suit for freedom testator tion trespass trial trover vendee vendor verdict vested villein Virginia void warranty wife witness writ Yerger's
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Page 350 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 299 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 342 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 353 - That there are certain natural rights of which men, when they form a social compact cannot deprive or divest their posterity, among which are the enjoyment of life • and liberty, with the means of acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 9 - ... any negro or mulatto, not held to service by the laws of either of the States or Territories of the United States...
Page 42 - The jury found a verdict for the defendant ; and a motion for a new trial having been made and overruled, the plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error to this court.
Page 65 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 343 - However they began, or by what right soever they subsist, there is and must be in all of them a supreme, irresistible, absolute, uncontrolled authority, in which the jura summi imperil, or the rights of sovereignty, reside.
Page 383 - ... that all servitude for life, or slavery of children, in consequence of the slavery of their mothers, in the case of all children born within this State from and after the passing of this act as aforesaid, shall be, and hereby is, utterly taken away, extinguished, and forever abolished.
Page 362 - 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.