 | Louisiana - 1825 - 804 Seiten
...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 but what must belong to his... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - 1827 - 190 Seiten
...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 but what must belong to his... | |
 | George Bourne - 1833 - 228 Seiten
...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 what belongs to his master.... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1835 - 184 Seiten
...his will, and in denial of his right to dispose of himself or to use his power for his own good. " A slave," says the Louisiana Code, " is in the power...sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but which must belong to his master."... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 230 Seiten
...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,...labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master." Louisiana Code, Art. 3. inflicted on slaves for acts... | |
 | 1835 - 642 Seiten
...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,...labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master.' Louisiana Code, Art. 3. " ' Slaves shall be deemed,... | |
 | 1837 - 588 Seiten
...principles of God's word. A slave is defined, in the Louisiana code, to be "one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him,...person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, posess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master." The laws of South Corolina... | |
 | Shipley Wells Willson - 1835 - 54 Seiten
...is, by a reference to the laws of the slave States : — " A slave is one who is in the power of his 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 which must belong to his master."... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 234 Seiten
...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 which must belong to his master."... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1836 - 194 Seiten
...intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever." The law of Louisiana declares: — " A slave is one who is in the power of the master to whom he belongs....may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything, but what must belong to his master."... | |
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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 what must belong to his master. 
