 Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever.  Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney, Late of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va: A Minister ... - Page 99by Samuel Macpherson Janney - 1890 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jay - Slavery - 1853 - 684 pages
...light, so that, at the instant of his birth, he belongs to one master and his mother to another, jl A * "Slaves shall be deemed sold, taken, reputed and adjudged...be chattels personal in the hands of their owners, and possessors, and their executors and administrators, to all intents, constructions and purposes... | |
 | Edward Josiah Stearns - Slavery - 1853 - 340 pages
...reader's attention. * The first is on page 70. Mrs. Stowe cites the law of South Carolina as enacting that "slaves shall be deemed sold, (?) taken, reputed and...be chattels personal in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assigns, TO ALL INTENTS, CONSTRUCTIONS AND... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 384 pages
...slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs." — Louisiana, Civil Code, Art. 35. "Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed, and...be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 534 pages
...civil code, nothing, nor acquire anything, but what must belong to his master." South Carolina says " slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged...be chattels, personal in the hands of their owners and 2 Brev. Kg. possessors, and their executors, administrators, and 229. Princ«'s • Digest, 446.... | |
 | Emily Clemens Pearson - Abolitionists - 1853 - 290 pages
...unrighteous decrees,' — O, how many such decrees are summed up in slavery ! Beings created in God's image, deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law to...be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions and... | |
 | William Goodell - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 448 pages
...chattel should be plaintiff! As a horse or an ox cannot sue his owner, so neither can a slave; for "slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law to be chattels personal, &c., &c., to aU intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever." "A slave is one who is in the power... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1853 - 282 pages
...B. VTI. The master might transfer his rights by either sale or gift, or might bequeath them by will. Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law, to be chattels Law of s. Carpersonal in the hands of their owners oijna. CoWi and possessors, and their executors,... | |
 | William Goodell - Enslaved persons - 1853 - 458 pages
...of HUMAN BEINGS. But this is directly the opposite of the fact. " Slaves" are " deemed, sold, taken, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, their administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever."... | |
 | Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky, Theresa Pulszky - United States - 1853 - 356 pages
...intruder, before he (the planter) would be able to save him. They say, that though the law declares that slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law to be chattels—personal in the hands of their owners—though the master may dispose of their person, their... | |
 | John Lawrence - Slave trade - 1854 - 230 pages
...among things, obtains in all these (slave) states." (Judge Strand.) "Slaves shall be claimed, held, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law, to be chattels personal in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns to all intents and purposes whatsoever."... | |
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