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" 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 324
by Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1866
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History of Kansas State and People: Kansas at the First Quarter ..., Volume 2

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...
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Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1926

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,...
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Annual Register, Volume 99

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....
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

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...
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The WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas

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...
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The Approaching Fury

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?...
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Atlas of Slavery and Civil Rights: An Annotated Chronicle of the Passage ...

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...
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The Road to Disunion, Volume II : Secessionists Triumphant Volume II ...

William W. Freehling Singletary Professor of the Humanities University of Kentucky - History - 2007 - 625 pages
...state.26 If a popular majority rejected Article Seven, declared the convention, "slavery shall no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property now in this Territory, shall in no manner be interfered with" (emphasis mine). If voters rejected Article...
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Biennial Report, Volume 3

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...
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Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913

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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