...Constitutions a provision regarding slavery in the new province. "Every freeman of Carolina," he wrote, "shall have absolute power and authority over his negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever." There was thus no question as to the introduction of slavery into South Carolina. William Sayle, the...

...molest, or persecute another, for his speculative opinions in religion, or his way of worship. 110th. Every freeman of Carolina, shall have absolute power...negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever. " Text — Saunders: The Colonial Records of .\ortlt Carolina, Vol. I. pp. 202-4. ii. OCAKER pfo.\EERi.\(;...

...or persecute another, for bis speculative opinions in religion, or his way of worship. 110th. Ever}' freeman of Carolina, shall have absolute power and...negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever. " Text — Saunders: The Colonial Records of Xorlh Carolina, Vol. I. pp. 202-4. II. (>L-.\KRR PIONEERING...

...be publicly and solemnly worshipped "; and, on the other hand that "every freeman of Carolina should have " absolute power and authority over his negro slaves, of what "opinion or religion soever."3 We must not look on that matter as we should if it belonged to our own time ; but we are...

...Judicial, I, 57 ; also P. Palmer, "Servant," pp. 360-61. 8. In the "Fundamental Constitutions," Locke said, "every freeman of Carolina shall have absolute power...negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever." Quoted in John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom, 3rd ed. (New York: Knopf, 1967), p. 77. Morgan,...

...Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, drafted in 1669 and perhaps influenced by John Locke, provided that "Every freeman of Carolina, shall have absolute power...negro slaves, of what opinion or Religion soever." A South Carolina statute in 1690 expanded the police functions of masters, but it was disallowed by...

...start, as the noth section of The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669) shows: "Every free man of Carolina, shall have absolute power and authority...negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever." 16 This is the sole relevant provision of the Fundamental Constitutions, and it takes for granted the...

...the Fundamental Constitutions for Carolina when it was colonized in 1669, which included the passage: "every freeman of Carolina shall have absolute power...negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever." And in Massachusetts, presumably important in creating the American liberal heritage even in the colonial...

...by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper and John Locke in 1669, declared that every freeman of the colony would have "absolute power and authority over his Negro Slaves, of what opinion or Religion soever. " In contrast, property rights in blacks remained much more uncertain for an extended period in the...

...‘The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina' (Political Writings, pp. 210—32) in which it was stated: ‘Every freeman of Carolina shall have absolute power...over his negro slaves, of what opinion or religion whatsoever' (p. 230). 93. IK Steele, Politics of Colonial Policy: The Board of Trade in Colonial Administration,...