...England, he was, ipso VOL tx 73 Ncal va. Fannur. facto, a freeman. " The state of slavery, said he, is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced...nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." 20 Stale Tr. 80. . The same doctrine has been held by later cases. Forbes vs. Cochrane, 2 Bam. Sf Ores....

...The state of Slavery," said Lord Mansfield, pronouncing judgment in the great case of Somersett, " is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced...nothing can be suffered to support it but POSITIVE LAW." (Howell's State Trials, vol. 20, p. 82.) And a slaveholding tribunal, the Su14 preme Court of Mississippi,...

...taken from him, unless he forfeits it by some crime." — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773. " Slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced...nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." — Judgment in the great case of the slave Somersett.— Lord Mansfield, 1705-1793. " 0 Freedom !...

...themselves free by coming here." In the final judgment he delivers himself thus : " The state of slavery is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but posi[ *111 ] tive law:" *that is, the slavery as it existed in the West Indies ; for it is to that...

...long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say this case is allowed...

...Cranch, 390. The same enlightened and righteous policy, which led Mansfield to say, that " slavery is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law," obviously demands, that no law shall be cited for slavery, which is not expressly and clearly for slavery....

...The state of Slavery," said Lord Mansfield, pronouncing judgment in the great case of Somersett, " is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced...be suffered to support it but POSITIVE LAW." * And a slavehold_ ing tribunal, — the Supreme Court of Mississippi, — adopting the same principle, has...

...after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from whence it was created, are erased from the memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." That there is a difference in the systems of States, which recognise and which do not recognise the...

...after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from whence it was created, are, erased from the memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." That there is a difference in the systems of States, which recognise and which do not recognise the...

...after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from whence it was created, are erased from the memory. It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law." That there is a difference in the systems of States, which recognise and which do not recognise the...