 | Louisiana - Civics - 1825 - 804 pages
...conditional obligations, from 2015 to 2037. A simple obligation defined, 2015. SLAVES. A slave is-one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs, 35. The rules for the police, and conduetto be observed with respect to slaves, are fixed by special... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1827 - 192 pages
...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...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 - Slavery - 1833 - 228 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Books - 1835 - 642 pages
...principle of the Society, and indeed the one from which all the others are deduced, is the sinftUness of slavery. To determine whether slavery as it exists...sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master.'... | |
 | William Jay - Antislavery movements - 1835 - 230 pages
...objections, we will now inquire, what are the lawful, or rather legal, features of American slaver)', and we will leave wholly out of view all acts of oppression...sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master."... | |
 | Theology - 1837 - 588 pages
...righteousness by the unerring- 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....sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, posess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master."... | |
 | Slavery - 1838 - 148 pages
...meaning of the term slavery. "A slave," fays the law of Louisiana, " is one who is in the power of the 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 my thing, but what must belong to his... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - Antislavery movements - 1836 - 194 pages
...purposes whatsoever." The law of Louisiana declares: — " A slave is one who is in the power of the master to whom he belongs. The master 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."... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1836 - 180 pages
...meaning of the term slmery. " A slave," says the law of Louisiana, " is one who is in the power of the master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor: he can d» nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but what must belong to... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1837 - 486 pages
...assigns, to ALL INTENTS, CONSTRUCTIONS, AND PURPOSES WHATSOEVER." Brevard's Digest, 229. In Louisiana " a slave is one who is in the power of a master to...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... | |
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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. 
