 | James Kent - Law - 1848 - 1046 pages
...in the latter class all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. State v. Watters, 3 Iredell, 455. By the Revised Statutes of Illinois, published in 1829, marriages... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person,) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons. Section 4. ยง 1. In the election of all officers,... | |
 | Law - 1862 - 422 pages
...persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation included, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, cannot be witnesses in any cause, civil or criminal, except for or against each... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 404 pages
...mixed blood, though native born, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for members of the Legislature. So in Connecticut, it has been decided that as each State... | |
 | John Philip Sanderson - Naturalization - 1856 - 380 pages
...mixed blood, though native born, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for members of the Legislature. So in Connecticut, it has been, decided that as each State... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 650 pages
...these words: "All free mulattoes, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall come within the act." And the State constitution, art. 1, s. 3 of the amendment, describes in... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1858 - 966 pages
...mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for members of the legislature. The right of voting is confined to white freemen by the... | |
 | Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1860 - 526 pages
...or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for members of the legislature. I regret to say, no similar regulation for practical purposes... | |
 | John Appleton - Evidence (Law) - 1860 - 298 pages
...Indians and all persons of mixed blood descended from negro or Indian ancestors to the third generation, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, cannot be witnesses. Neither shall an attorney, physician, surgeon, clergyman... | |
 | Military art and science - 1861 - 658 pages
...mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person), shall vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons." And another article declares that " all... | |
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No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person), shall vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons*... 
