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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... received commendatory of this Abridgement , are the follow- ing from Chancellor Kent and Chief Justice Marshall . SIR - I have curiously looked over the first volume of Wheeler's Practical Abridgement of Common Law Cases , which you ...
... received commendatory of this Abridgement , are the follow- ing from Chancellor Kent and Chief Justice Marshall . SIR - I have curiously looked over the first volume of Wheeler's Practical Abridgement of Common Law Cases , which you ...
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... reputation , as to parentage ; and such evidence as was offered in the present case , of the person having been received in society , and exercised the privilege of a white man . 9 . THE STATE V. MARY HAYES . June T. 4 SLAVERY .
... reputation , as to parentage ; and such evidence as was offered in the present case , of the person having been received in society , and exercised the privilege of a white man . 9 . THE STATE V. MARY HAYES . June T. 4 SLAVERY .
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... exception , but will proceed to state the facts , as drawn from govern- the evidence which was properly received . A summary of such ment of the Spanish ment . of them as are necessary to arrive at proper legal 12 SLAVERY . (B ) Of Indians.
... exception , but will proceed to state the facts , as drawn from govern- the evidence which was properly received . A summary of such ment of the Spanish ment . of them as are necessary to arrive at proper legal 12 SLAVERY . (B ) Of Indians.
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... received of the estate $ 400 , but that he had paid it away in the purchase of a daughter of the intestate in pursuance of his wish often expressed . The circuit court dismissed the bill , and com- plainant appealed to this court . Per ...
... received of the estate $ 400 , but that he had paid it away in the purchase of a daughter of the intestate in pursuance of his wish often expressed . The circuit court dismissed the bill , and com- plainant appealed to this court . Per ...
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... Received of Mariana Lewis ten dollars in cash , it being for a certain negro boy , Tony . May 18 , 1822 . " JAMES ... receiving money- The wife of Johnson proved that Mariana Lewis , who after- wards intermarried with the plaintiff ...
... Received of Mariana Lewis ten dollars in cash , it being for a certain negro boy , Tony . May 18 , 1822 . " JAMES ... receiving money- The wife of Johnson proved that Mariana Lewis , who after- wards intermarried with the plaintiff ...
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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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