That when a person held to labour in any of the United States, or in either of the territories on the northwest or south of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape... The New-York Legal Observer - Page 130 edited by - 1849 Full view - About this book
...administration of Gen. Washington, on the 12th of February, 1793, passed .the following act : SEC. 3. That when a person held to labor in any of the United States, or in either of the territories, or the North-west or South of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of...