Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1873 - 737 pages |
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... slaves , and in terms recognizes that other persons as well as slaves may be the subject of importation and commerce . " 6. That the fifth clause of the ninth section of the first article of the Constitution , which declares that no ...
... slaves , and in terms recognizes that other persons as well as slaves may be the subject of importation and commerce . " 6. That the fifth clause of the ninth section of the first article of the Constitution , which declares that no ...
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... slavery of mind and body , which cuts him off from a fair enjoyment of the common benefits of society , and robs his family of the fruits of his labor and the benefits of his paternal super- intendence . A national government which did ...
... slavery of mind and body , which cuts him off from a fair enjoyment of the common benefits of society , and robs his family of the fruits of his labor and the benefits of his paternal super- intendence . A national government which did ...
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... slaves within all the territory held by the insurgents . This was sustained by the courts as a war measure . See Slabach v . Cushman , 12 Fla . 472 ; Dorris v . Grace , 24 Ark . 326 ; Weaver v . Lapsley , 42 Ala . 601 ; Morgan v ...
... slaves within all the territory held by the insurgents . This was sustained by the courts as a war measure . See Slabach v . Cushman , 12 Fla . 472 ; Dorris v . Grace , 24 Ark . 326 ; Weaver v . Lapsley , 42 Ala . 601 ; Morgan v ...
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... slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory , otherwise than in the punishment of crimes ; but fugitives from other States , owing ser- vice therein , may be reclaimed . Such is a brief outline of this most important ...
... slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory , otherwise than in the punishment of crimes ; but fugitives from other States , owing ser- vice therein , may be reclaimed . Such is a brief outline of this most important ...
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... slavery into that State , as a condition of the admission . On that occasion the question was largely discussed , whether Con- gress possessed a constitutional authority to impose such a restric- tion , upon the ground that the ...
... slavery into that State , as a condition of the admission . On that occasion the question was largely discussed , whether Con- gress possessed a constitutional authority to impose such a restric- tion , upon the ground that the ...
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