Anti-slavery Manual: Containing a Collection of Facts and Arguments on American SlaveryS.W. Benedict, 1837 - 142 páginas |
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... officers dispersing such unlawful as- semblies , may inflict such corporal punishment , not exceed- ing twenty lashes , upon such slaves , free negroes , & c . as they may judge necessary , for DETERRING THEM FROM THE LIKE UNLAWFUL ...
... officers dispersing such unlawful as- semblies , may inflict such corporal punishment , not exceed- ing twenty lashes , upon such slaves , free negroes , & c . as they may judge necessary , for DETERRING THEM FROM THE LIKE UNLAWFUL ...
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... officer or officers , authorizing him or them to enter the house or houses where such unlaw- ful assemblages , & c . may be , for the purpose of appre- hending or dispersing such slaves , and to inflict corpo- ral punishment on the ...
... officer or officers , authorizing him or them to enter the house or houses where such unlaw- ful assemblages , & c . may be , for the purpose of appre- hending or dispersing such slaves , and to inflict corpo- ral punishment on the ...
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... officer or other person , who shall appre- hend or endeavor to apprehend , such slave or slaves , & c . , such officer or other person so killing such slave as afore- said , making resistance , shall be , and he is by this act ...
... officer or other person , who shall appre- hend or endeavor to apprehend , such slave or slaves , & c . , such officer or other person so killing such slave as afore- said , making resistance , shall be , and he is by this act ...
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... be shot . I would sooner slacken the fire if that would increase his mi- sery . And the man who said this was , we understand , an officer of justice . We understand , says the New Orleans Post of June 76 PRACTICAL SLAVERY .
... be shot . I would sooner slacken the fire if that would increase his mi- sery . And the man who said this was , we understand , an officer of justice . We understand , says the New Orleans Post of June 76 PRACTICAL SLAVERY .
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... officers , taken up - put into a close carriage , and hurried off , ut- tering the most heart - rending cries that ever fell upon my ears . I turned aside to give vent to my feelings in å flood of tears .-- Zion's Watchman of Sept. 2 ...
... officers , taken up - put into a close carriage , and hurried off , ut- tering the most heart - rending cries that ever fell upon my ears . I turned aside to give vent to my feelings in å flood of tears .-- Zion's Watchman of Sept. 2 ...
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Página 36 - Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren ; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort.
Página 31 - The parent storms, the child looks on, catches the lineaments of wrath, puts on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to the worst of passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.
Página 127 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person, who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government: and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Página 125 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object.
Página 127 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Página 128 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Página 123 - ... empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the Circuit or District Courts of the United States, residing or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Página 49 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Página 123 - State or Territory, that the person so seized or arrested doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor, to the Slate or Territory from which he or she fled.
Página 98 - We will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.