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" 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 Cotton Trade: Its Bearing Upon the Prosperity of Great Britain and ... - Page 250
by George McHenry - 1863 - 292 pages
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The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a Guide to Sheriffs ...

Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...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...
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Laws of the Colonial and State Governments, Relating to Indians and Indian ...

Indians of North America - 1832 - 536 pages
...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...
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A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing All the Statutes of ...

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...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Adjudged in the ..., Volume 2

Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 602 pages
...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,...
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A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions, Part 1, Volume 1

Frederick Marryat - Canada - 1839 - 336 pages
...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 attempted...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee ...

Tennessee. Supreme Court, Return Jonathan Meigs - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 720 pages
...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...
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American Law Magazine, Volume 3

Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...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...
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Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas

Texas - Law - 1846 - 538 pages
...indians, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestry, tothe third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall be incapable of being a witness in any case whatever, except for or against each other. Sec. 66. Witnesses...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 18

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1841 - 912 pages
...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...
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The American's Own Book: Or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the ...

John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...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...vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons. SEC. IV. — 1. In the election of all officers, whose appointment is conferred on the General Assembly...
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