 | Louisiana - 1825 - 804 str.
...advanced in life to be capable of contracting marriage, and of forming other engagements. ART. 35.—A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor : he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - 1827 - 192 str.
...respect, better than was that of the Roman slave under the civil law. According to the law of Louisiana, " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labour: he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing... | |
 | George Bourne - 1833 - 228 str.
...administrators, and assigns, TO ALL INTENTS, CONSTRUCTIONS, AND PURPOSES WHATSOEVER." In Louisiana, " A slave is one who is in the power of a master, to...whom he belongs; the master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but... | |
 | Francis John Higginson - 1834 - 122 str.
...see what the laws say. Slavery as established by Law. " A slave," says the civil code of Louisiana, " is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 222 str.
...law. The following definitions of American slavery, are, it will be perceived, from high authority : " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 234 str.
...law. The following definitions of American slavery, are, it will be perceived, from high authority : " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 228 str.
...law. The following definitions of American slavery, are, it will be perceived, from high authority : " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but... | |
 | 1835 - 642 str.
...The following definitions of American slavery are, it will be perceived, from high authority :— " ' A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 218 str.
...law. The following definitions of American slavery, are, it will be perceived, from high authority : " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to...whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1835 - 184 str.
...or to use his power for his own good. " A slave," says the Louisiana Code, " is in the power of the master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but... | |
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AMERICAN SLAVERY. By American Slavery is meant the condition of those Americans who are claimed, held and treated, in these United States, as property. A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose... 
