 | United States - Land tenure - 1838 - 654 pages
...number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. ART. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : provided, always, that any person escaping into... | |
 | Caleb Atwater - Natural history - 1838 - 416 pages
...like that, contained a prohibition of slavery in the following words: "There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory; otherwise than in the punishment of criniss whereof the party shall have been duly convicted." On the 13th of July, 1787, this ordinance... | |
 | United States - Law - 1839 - 586 pages
...number of free inhabitants in the state than sixty thousand. ART. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parly shall have been duly convicted: provided always, that any person escaping into the... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 394 pages
...conformity to these articles of compact. The sixth and last provides, that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes ; but fugitives from other States, owing service therein, may be reclaimed. Such is a brief outline... | |
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 524 pages
...line drawn through the southerly bend, or extreme of Lake Miehigan.a " There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted j provided always, that any person escaping into the... | |
 | Illinois - Illinois - 1845 - 766 pages
...number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. ARTICLE VI. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the... | |
 | John Wesley Monette - America - 1846 - 626 pages
...cession, and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established. " There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ; provided always that any person escaping into the... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 632 pages
...number of free inhabitants in the Slate than sixty-thousand. ART. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided, always, That any person escaping into... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1847 - 480 pages
...number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. " ART. VI. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted: provided, always, that any person escaping into... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1847 - 1206 pages
...than three nor more than five States ;" and the 6th article declares "there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes." The delegates from eight States were present and voted on the final passage of the ordinance ; five... | |
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There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or... 
