The Black Code of the District of Columbia, in Force September 1st, 1848W. Harned, 1848 - 61 strani |
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actually executed aforesaid apprehend or endeavor apprehend such slave benefit of clergy CHAPTER City of Washington concealed on board confession or verdict Corporation of Washington County Court current money demnation ENTICING AND PERSUADING fee or reward forfeit and pay free negro free person frequent his vessel guilty of rambling harboring or entertaining hire hour or longer hour such servants houses or plantations hundred pounds jury justice justices of assize Laws of Mary Laws of Maryland license liquors malice stand mute manumission MANUMITTED master or owner mistress or owner mute or peremptorily negro or mulatto number of stripes Ordinances ordinary-keeper owner or overseer owner thereof paid PENALTY AGAINST MASTERS permitted or suffered person shall forfeit pounds of tobacco province public stock PUNISHMENT OF SLAVES recovered reside Sect servant or slave sheriff ship or vessel single magistrate slaves belonging SLAVES GUILTY SLAVES ON BOARD suance suffer death unlawful vimeo wittingly or willingly
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Stran 15 - ... shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall on conviction thereof be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding ten years, according to the aggravation of the...
Stran 13 - Maryland, in 1717, (ch. 13, s. 5,) passed a law declaring "that if any free negro or mulatto intermarry with any white woman, or if any white man shall intermarry with any negro or mulatto woman, such negro or mulatto shall become a slave during life, excepting mulattoes born of white women, who, for such intermarriage, shall only become servants for seven years...
Stran 9 - Congress : 16. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the...
Stran 9 - That the laws of the State of Virginia, as they now exist, shall be and continue in force, in that part of the district of Columbia which was ceded by the said State to the United States, and by them accepted...
Stran 13 - ... shall, on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay such sum of money, not exceeding two pounds, as to the Justice shall seem meet, together with the costs of the conviction...
Stran 16 - And to punish such free negroes and mulattoes by penalties not exceeding twenty dollars for any one offence ; and in case of the inability...
Stran 10 - ... by action of debt, bill, plaint or information, wherein no essoin, protection or wager of law shall be admitted for the defendant or defendants ; (8) and also being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer imprisonment for one half year without bail or mainprise.
Stran 12 - ... to be recovered in any court of record in this Province, by action of debt, bill, plaint or information ; wherein no essoign, protection, privilege or wager of law, shall be admitted or allowed.
Stran 11 - All negroes and other slaves already imported or hereafter to be imported into this province, and all children now born or hereafter to be born of such negroes and slaves, shall be slaves during their natural lives.
Stran 20 - ... precincts, as to them, or a major part of them, shall seem meet and consonant to reason, and not contrary to the constitution and laws of this state; and the said by-laws shall be observed, kept, and performed, by all the inhabitants of the said town and its precincts, and all persons trading therein, under such reasonable penalties, fines, and forfeitures, as shall be imposed by the said by-laws...