| Michael P. Johnson - History - 1999 - 276 pages
...emancipate slaves with the prior consent of each affected owner.' 7 The new constitution read, “The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves.” An amendment to add “except by the unanimous consent of the General Assembly” failed to pass.”... | |
| Andrew Johnson - Biography & Autobiography - 1986 - 832 pages
...SCHEDULE. Sec. 1. Section 31, of the second article of the Constitution, which is as follows: "The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws...the emancipation of slaves, without the consent of their owner or owners," is hereby abrogated. Sec. 2. "The Declaration of Independence and Ordinance... | |
| Robert Ewing Corlew - Tennessee - 1990 - 660 pages
...to a position of equality. Convention delegates ultimately wrote into the fundamental law that "the General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws...the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owner or owners." The vote was 30 to 27. Of the 27 against, 14 delegates were from East Tennessee,... | |
| American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1898 - 1290 pages
...deemed a " palpable infraction of the Constitution of the United States." These clauses were: (1) "The general assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves;'' (2) the general assembly shall have power to pass laws to prevent free negroes, innlattoes, and other... | |
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