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 ArrangedA. Pollock, jr., 1837 - 476 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... freedom . It was contended that Madagascar was not a place from which slaves were brought , and that the act of 1715 related only to slaves brought in the usual course of the trade . On the other side , it was contended , that the petty ...
... freedom . It was contended that Madagascar was not a place from which slaves were brought , and that the act of 1715 related only to slaves brought in the usual course of the trade . On the other side , it was contended , that the petty ...
Pagina 13
... freedom before the proper tribunal . It appears from a certificate of Peter Pedesclaux , a notary , that a suit was commenced , but no record remains , or can be found , of the manner in which it terminated . She returned with Chretien ...
... freedom before the proper tribunal . It appears from a certificate of Peter Pedesclaux , a notary , that a suit was commenced , but no record remains , or can be found , of the manner in which it terminated . She returned with Chretien ...
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... freedom , on the ground taken by his counsel . It is grounded on a judgment of the parish court of St. Landry , as being res judicata , by a competent tribunal . But if it be determined that it be not conclusively supported and es ...
... freedom , on the ground taken by his counsel . It is grounded on a judgment of the parish court of St. Landry , as being res judicata , by a competent tribunal . But if it be determined that it be not conclusively supported and es ...
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... freedom . What proceedings took place before that governor , whether any , or what judgment was rendered , cannot now be ascertained . The only thing clear is , that she returned with the defendant's father from New - Orleans , and ...
... freedom . What proceedings took place before that governor , whether any , or what judgment was rendered , cannot now be ascertained . The only thing clear is , that she returned with the defendant's father from New - Orleans , and ...
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... freedom . The plaintiffs claimed their freedom as being American descendants of Paupouse , a native American female Indian , who brought in- was brought into Virginia about the year 1747 ; and moved the to Virginia since 1691 court to ...
... freedom . The plaintiffs claimed their freedom as being American descendants of Paupouse , a native American female Indian , who brought in- was brought into Virginia about the year 1747 ; and moved the to Virginia since 1691 court to ...
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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery: Being a Compilation of All the ... Jacob D. Wheeler Volledige weergave - 1837 |
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Pagina 340 - 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.
Pagina 289 - 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.
Pagina 332 - 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...
Pagina 343 - 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.
Pagina xvii - ... any negro or mulatto, not held to service by the laws of either of the States or Territories of the United States...
Pagina 32 - 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.
Pagina 55 - Now know ye, that the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Pagina 333 - 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.
Pagina 373 - ... 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.
Pagina 352 - 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.
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