The general assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, or without paying their owners, previous to such emancipation, a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. History of Kentucky - Page 281by William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter - 1922 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
| Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...importation of slaves into this State from Africa, or any foreign place, after the first day of October next. The Legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation ef slaves, without the consent of each of their respective owners, previous to such emancipation. They... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...be brought against the state. SEC. 26. The general assembly shall have no power to pass laws; First, For the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without pay ing them, before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated; and, Second,... | |
| 1821 - 454 pages
...what must stand as the chief objection. The constitution of Missouri forbids the passage ol any law for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, or an equivalent 'paid, &c. and also makes it the duly of the legislature to pass laws "to prevent free... | |
| Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 540 pages
...on account of such securityship. ^'ARTICLE VII. — Concerning slaves. "Sec. 1. The general assembly shall have no power to pass -laws for the emancipation...emancipation a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this sfate from bringing with them... | |
| Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 538 pages
...mode prescribed by the said compact, shall be considered as a part of this constitution. "ARTICLE IX. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for...slaves without the consent of their owners, or without pay ing their owners, previous tosu^h emancipation, a full equivalent in money, for the slaves so emancipate:!:... | |
| Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...importations of slaves into this state, from Africa or any foreign place, after the first day of Octoher next. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent ot each of their respective owners, previous to such emancipation. They shall have no power to prevent... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...States. With respect to slavery, the constitution of Kentucky prohibited the legislature from passing laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying them a full equivalent in money for those emancipated. Nor could they prevent emigrants from bringing... | |
| Theology - 1820 - 688 pages
...among other obnoxious features, provides th*t " the General Assembly shnll have no power to pass luws for the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners ; or without paying them before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated." This aristocratic... | |
| Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 664 pages
...laws for Regulation the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owners, orofslavcswithout paying their owners, previous to such emancipation, a full equivalent in money for the slaves so emancipated. They shall have no power to prevent emigrants to this stale from bringing with them... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...the 2d division, of the 6th article of the same constitution, are the words : " The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners." Mr. S. observed, that he read this last part of that constitution because it was nearly in the same... | |
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