 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
 | Charles Elliott - Slavery and the church - 1855 - 640 pages
...practice. 2. A question arises here: What il American ilaeeryJ In South Carolina slaves are thus defined: "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... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Religion - 1855 - 400 pages
...in all these [the slave] states." The law of South Carolina says, " 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, CONSTRUCTIONS, AND... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1856 - 152 pages
...undoubted law in all of these states. In South Carolina it is expressed in the following language : — " Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged...be chattels personal^ in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions and... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1856 - 736 pages
...his master."— Civil Code, Art. 35. The law of another polished slave State gives this definition: " Slaves shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged...be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners, and possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions and... | |
 | English language - 1856 - 366 pages
...chattels," — things or articles of merchandise. " Slaves," say the laws of South Carolina and Georgia, " shall be deemed, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged...be chattels personal in the hands of their owners and. possessors, and their executors, administrators and assigns, to all intents, constructions, and... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1856 - 396 pages
...another polished slave State," says Mr. Sumner, " gives this definition : ' Slaves shall be delivered, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assignees, to all intents, constructions,... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - Slavery - 1856 - 320 pages
...these states. In South Carolina it is expressed in the following language: — "Slaves shall be'deemed, sold, taken, reputed and adjudged in law to be chattels personal^ in the hands of their owners and posses* An apt illustration of this doctrine ia presented in an act of Maryland, of 1798, Chap.... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - History - 1856 - 384 pages
...another polished slave State," says Mr. Sunnier, " gives this definition : < Slaves shall be delivered, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assignees, to all intents, constructions,... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - History - 1856 - 446 pages
...another polished slave State," says Mr. Sumner, " gives this definition : ' Slaves shall be delivered, sold, taken, reputed, and adjudged in law to be chattels personal, in the hands of their owners and possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assignees, to all intents, constructions,... | |
 | John Dixon Long - Slavery - 1857 - 438 pages
...•MiMi•i•. iMMMMMM»MiiiMM»MiiMii 373 CHAPTER I. WHAT IS SOUTHERN SLAVERY, AND WHO ARE SLAVES. ^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... | |
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