There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service... Christian Pamphlets - Page 631844Full view - About this book
| Clement A. Evans - History - 2004 - 784 pages
...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ; provided,...escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is claimed in any of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the... | |
| Harriet C. Frazier - Social Science - 2004 - 228 pages
...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, that any person escaping to the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original states, such... | |
| Michael Lee Lanning - History - 2005 - 268 pages
...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. APPENDIX P The US Constitution and African Americans (1787) ARTICLE I, SECTION II, PARAGRAPH 3 Representatives... | |
| Stephen Middleton - History - 2005 - 377 pages
...Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery, but it also inaugurated the right of recapture by declaring: "That any person escaping into the same, from whom...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." The US Constitution also guaranteed that fugitive slaves could be recovered (Article IV, Section 2)... | |
| George Anastaplo - Law - 2006 - 285 pages
...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the resolutions of the 23d of April, 1784, relative... | |
| David P. Currie - Law - 2007 - 341 pages
...n.(a) (Jul 12, 1787): "Provided always, that any person escaping into the [Territory], from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original...reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as aforesaid." The Articles of Confederation had contained no such provision. Pennsylvania,... | |
| Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - History - 2007 - 1236 pages
...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof hority, th C Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the resolutions of the 23rd of April, 1784, relative... | |
| Israel Ward Andrews - Constitutional law - 1874 - 420 pages
...otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : I'rovided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. ~ Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that the resolutions of the 23d of April, 1784, relative... | |
| Price V. Fishback - History - 2008 - 634 pages
...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes. . . Provided always, That any person escaping into the...lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, . . . may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her service as aforesaid."... | |
| Paul Calore - History - 2014 - 306 pages
...slave owners had the right to reclaim their fugitive slaves. Under this law, "any person escaping ... from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." This provision of the ordinance wasn't exactly a new one but simply reflected Article IV, Section 2 of the... | |
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