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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... intended as a means of enabling the planters to dispense with the slavery of the Indians , who had been reduced to a state of bondage by their Eu- ropean conquerors . A full account of these transactions may be seen in Robertson's ...
... intended as a means of enabling the planters to dispense with the slavery of the Indians , who had been reduced to a state of bondage by their Eu- ropean conquerors . A full account of these transactions may be seen in Robertson's ...
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... intended ; but instead of a benefit , if th : issue should go over , there might be a loss . And in Bohen v . Headly , 7 Har . & Johns . Rep . 257. , Archer , J. , held , that the issue of slaves born . during the existence of a tenancy ...
... intended ; but instead of a benefit , if th : issue should go over , there might be a loss . And in Bohen v . Headly , 7 Har . & Johns . Rep . 257. , Archer , J. , held , that the issue of slaves born . during the existence of a tenancy ...
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... intended to pass by the be- quest , as the word increase precedes the name of the mother ; and if the testator had intended that none should pass but those there- after born , he probably would have bequeathed Sib and her future ...
... intended to pass by the be- quest , as the word increase precedes the name of the mother ; and if the testator had intended that none should pass but those there- after born , he probably would have bequeathed Sib and her future ...
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... intended to pass in remainder . The testator must be taken as knowing his property at the time he is making these bequests . The children of Hannah in being , when he gave those named , are not of the life estate ; and how shall they be ...
... intended to pass in remainder . The testator must be taken as knowing his property at the time he is making these bequests . The children of Hannah in being , when he gave those named , are not of the life estate ; and how shall they be ...
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... intended to be used as words of description , not to be restricted to those who were before mentioned by name , but must be understood as applying to all who were the subject of the bequest , the issue as well as their mothers . They ...
... intended to be used as words of description , not to be restricted to those who were before mentioned by name , but must be understood as applying to all who were the subject of the bequest , the issue as well as their mothers . They ...
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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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