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" There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or... "
Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 467
by United States. Congress - 1855
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The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His Works

George E. Baker - 1855 - 436 pages
...labor or service is lawfully claimed in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive 16 may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person...claiming his or her labor or service, as aforesaid.' "Under this section, as in the case of the Mexican law in New Mexico and Utah, it is a disputed point...
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The Congressional Globe, Volume 31

United States. Congress - Law - 1855 - 470 pages
...shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited: Provided a/tray*, That nny person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any State orTerritory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the...
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The National History of the United States: From the Period of the ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1855 - 714 pages
...States by virtue of this appropriation, or in any other manner whatsoever, except for crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping to such territory, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any one of the United States,...
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Manual of Laws of the United States on the Subjects of Naturalization ...

United States - Emigration and immigration law - 1856 - 350 pages
...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: provided...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming...
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The States and Territories of the Great West: Including Ohio, Indiana ...

Jacob Ferris - Mississippi River Valley - 1856 - 390 pages
...nor involuntary servi tude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; provided,...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming...
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The States and Territories of the Great West ...: Their Geography, History ...

Jacob Ferris - Mississippi River Valley - 1856 - 366 pages
...nor involuntary servi tude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; provided,...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming...
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New Perspectives on the Early Republic: Essays from the Journal of the Early ...

Ralph D. Gray, Michael A. Morrison - History - 1994 - 500 pages
...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: provided...that any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully...
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Confront the Now Create the Future

Gyeorgos C. Hatonn - Self-Help - 1995 - 244 pages
...nor INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: PROVIDED,...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the ORIGINAL STATES (Prohibited by the Colonies; forced on the Colonists by ENGLAND) such fugitive...
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A Necessary Evil?: Slavery and the Debate Over the Constitution

John P. Kaminski, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Center for the Study of the American Constitution - History - 1995 - 310 pages
...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: provided...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming...
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Focus on U.S. History: The Era of Revolution and Nation-Forming

Kathy Sammis - History - 1997 - 130 pages
...nor involuntary servitude in the said teritory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided...from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming...
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