Anti-slavery Manual: Containing a Collection of Facts and Arguments on American SlaveryS.W. Benedict, 1837 - 142 páginas |
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... resides ; the judge must order notice of it to be published during forty days by adver- tisment posted at the door of the court house , and if at the expiration of this delay , no opposition be made , he shall authorize the master to ...
... resides ; the judge must order notice of it to be published during forty days by adver- tisment posted at the door of the court house , and if at the expiration of this delay , no opposition be made , he shall authorize the master to ...
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... resided at some distance on a farm . One morning he rose early , and ordered me to take a yoke of oxen and go to the vil- lage , to bring home a cart which was there , saying he would follow me . He arrived at the village soon after I ...
... resided at some distance on a farm . One morning he rose early , and ordered me to take a yoke of oxen and go to the vil- lage , to bring home a cart which was there , saying he would follow me . He arrived at the village soon after I ...
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... resided as a freeman two or three years in Ohio , on being seized by his master , precipitated himself from the fourth story of one of the hotels in Cincin- nati , in which he had been put for safe keeping , and expired in a few hours ...
... resided as a freeman two or three years in Ohio , on being seized by his master , precipitated himself from the fourth story of one of the hotels in Cincin- nati , in which he had been put for safe keeping , and expired in a few hours ...
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... residing or to reside thereon , pursuant to the tenor and EFFECT of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution . Accordingly , on the 16th of July , the year follow- ing , Congress accepted the cession of Maryland and ...
... residing or to reside thereon , pursuant to the tenor and EFFECT of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution . Accordingly , on the 16th of July , the year follow- ing , Congress accepted the cession of Maryland and ...
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... residing in the city after the passage of this act who shall not be able to es- tablish their title to freedom ( except such as may be hired ) shall be committed to the jail , as abscond- ing slaves . " By this law color is made a crime ...
... residing in the city after the passage of this act who shall not be able to es- tablish their title to freedom ( except such as may be hired ) shall be committed to the jail , as abscond- ing slaves . " By this law color is made a crime ...
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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.