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" act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited : Provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor... "
The Works of William H. Seward - Page 443
by William Henry Seward - 1884
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The Constitution of the United States of America ...

William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 580 pages
...territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ; provided, always, that any person escaping into the...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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Despotism in America: An Inquiry Into the Nature, Results, and Legal Basis ...

Richard Hildreth - History - 1854 - 308 pages
...again beginning to be ginia, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut,) had also provided " that every person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such fugitive may be lawfully returned, and conveyed to the person claiming...
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The Nebraska Question: Comprising Speeches in the United States Senate

Compromise of 1850 - 1854 - 144 pages
...there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty." Let it be noted and remembered that this proviso applied not only...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 20

1854 - 788 pages
...there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted to be personally guilty." Mr. Chase argues from this, very absurdly we must say, that if this proviso...
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The Life of Henry Clay, the Great American Statesman: Embracing an ..., Volume 1

Calvin Colton - 1855 - 518 pages
...the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, for ever prohibited—provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from...territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." The...
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The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His Works

George E. Baker - 1855 - 424 pages
...punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, for ever prohibited: Provided, always, That any person escaping...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.'...
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Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 11

1855 - 794 pages
...territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, that any person escaping into the...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 Whig Almanac and United States Register for

Almanacs, American - 1855 - 84 pages
...contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimen, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, for ever prohibited. Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 746 pages
...act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited : Provided, alwayt, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 710 pages
...act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited : /V«vidcd, always, That any person escaping into the «ame, from whom labor or service is lawfully...
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