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... presume ) was ever passed by parliament certainly not with reference to any of these thirteen colonies . The statute of 1788 , ( which I have not seen , ) in regard to the slave trade , may perhaps have relieved those engaged in it , in ...
... presume ) was ever passed by parliament certainly not with reference to any of these thirteen colonies . The statute of 1788 , ( which I have not seen , ) in regard to the slave trade , may perhaps have relieved those engaged in it , in ...
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... presumption is , that , even after this statute was passed in 1750 , if the slave trader's right of property in the slave he was bringing to America , could have been brought before an English court for adjudication , the same ...
... presumption is , that , even after this statute was passed in 1750 , if the slave trader's right of property in the slave he was bringing to America , could have been brought before an English court for adjudication , the same ...
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... presumption must- der the United States constitution - and indeed under the state constitutions also - be always in favor of liberty , it would probably now be impossible for a slaveholder to prove , in one case in an hundred , that his ...
... presumption must- der the United States constitution - and indeed under the state constitutions also - be always in favor of liberty , it would probably now be impossible for a slaveholder to prove , in one case in an hundred , that his ...
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... presumption - furnished by the constitution of the United States - that all are free , few or no exceptions could now be proved . In North Carolina no general law at all was passed , prior to the revolution , declaring who might be ...
... presumption - furnished by the constitution of the United States - that all are free , few or no exceptions could now be proved . In North Carolina no general law at all was passed , prior to the revolution , declaring who might be ...
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... presumed to be free , would involve no absurdity , although it might be gratuitous and unnecessary . It is a rule of law , in the construction of all statutes , con- tracts and legal instruments whatsoever — that is , those which courts ...
... presumed to be free , would involve no absurdity , although it might be gratuitous and unnecessary . It is a rule of law , in the construction of all statutes , con- tracts and legal instruments whatsoever — that is , those which courts ...
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Page 17 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 152 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 25 - England; and saving and reserving to us, our heirs and successors, the receiving, hearing, and determining of the appeal and appeals of all or any person or persons of, in, or belonging to the territories...
Page 135 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 17 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 63 - States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 25 - ... so as such laws, ordinances and constitutions, so made, be not contrary and repugnant unto, but as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of this our realm of England, considering the nature and constitution of the place and people there...
Page 25 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Page 113 - The power of congress, then, comprehends navigation within the limits of every State in the Union, so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with " commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Page 48 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienablc rights, among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.