then the article providing for Slavery shall be stricken from the constitution by the president of this Convention ;" and it is expressly declared that " no Slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in... British and Foreign State Papers - Page 324by Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1866Full view - About this book
| William Elsey Connelley - Kansas - 1928 - 682 pages
...be stricken from this constitution by the president of this convention, and slavery shall no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shall in no manner be interfered with." It should be noted that the clause providing... | |
| William MacDonald - United States - 1926 - 742 pages
...be stricken from this constitution by the president of this convention, and slavery shall no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shall in no manner be interferred with, and shall have transmitted the constitution,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1858 - 1056 pages
...Constitution with no Slavery.' If there be a majority in favour of the ' Constitution with Slavery.'then it is to be transmitted to Congress by the President...constitution thus ratified transmitted to the Congress of the [AA] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1857. (.Vntod 8tat«. United States for the admission of the State into the Union.... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...people for or against it, on the 4th of January, 1858. This Constitution provided that " the rights of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with," and precluded any amendment prior to the year 1864 ; after which, amendments could be made with the concurrence... | |
| Federal Writers' Project - History - 1984 - 582 pages
...Pro-slavery men convene at Lecompton and frame constitution, a clause of which provides that the "rights of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with"; another clause forbids any amendments in constitution, if ratified, until 1864. November 27. Free State... | |
| Stephen B. Oates - History - 2009 - 522 pages
...the voters chose the last question, a provision was to be added stating that "slavery would no longer exist in the state of Kansas except that the right of property in slaves now in this territory shall in no measure be interfered with." What kind of fucking hocus-pocus was this?... | |
| Nicholas J Santoro - History - 2006 - 286 pages
...failed because of the exclusion of free blacks. pate. (The proposed constitution stated, "the rights of property in Slaves now in the Territory, shall in no manner be interfered with.") On December 21 the "constitution with slavery" won 6,226 to 569. More debate and controversy followed... | |
| Kansas State Historical Society - History - 1883 - 110 pages
...constitution they provide that, even though the vote should be for the constitution without slavery, still "the right of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with;" and in the section relating to amendments to the constitution it is expressly and carefully provided "that... | |
| William MacDonald - Charters - 1916 - 684 pages
...be stricken from this constitution by the president of this convention, and slavery shall no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this Territory shall in no manner be interferred with, and shall have transmitted the constitution,... | |
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