 No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons.  The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 189by Charles Sumner - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...Indians, mulattoes, and persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, are witnesses only against each •ther. A person interested in the event of the cause, or a wife or... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1832 - 344 pages
...negroes. Indians, mulattoes, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancesters, to the third generation, inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person) whether bond or free, shall be taken and deemed to be incapable in law to be witnesses, in any case... | |
 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 630 pages
...dians06*^11 descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation incluineorupetent. give, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, shall be taken and deemed to be incapable in law to be witnesses in any case... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 602 pages
...negroes, mulattoes, Indians and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free ; shall be taken, and deemed incapable in law, to be witnesses in any case whatever,... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, Return Jonathan Meigs - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 720 pages
...negroes, indians, mullattoes and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or indian ancestors to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, should be held and deemed to be incapable in law to be a witness in any case... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - Canada - 1839 - 338 pages
...no free negro, mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for the legislature. I regret to say, no similar regulation, for practical purposes, has been... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...persons of colour," includes in the latter class all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. Slate v. Watters, 3 ib. 455. MORTGAGE. (Of leasehold when good.) Where there is a lease of a lot of... | |
 | Texas - Law - 1846 - 538 pages
...Sec. 65. Alt negroes and indians, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestry, tothe third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of...any case whatever, except for or against each other. Sec. 66. Witnesses shall be privileged from arrest, except in cases of treason or felony and misdemeanor,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 912 pages
..."all mulattoes, Indians, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, shall be taken and deemed to be incapable in law to be witnesses in any cause... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1848 - 1046 pages
...negroes, mulattoes, Indians, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, are declared incapable in law to be witnesses in any case whatever, except for... | |
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