...to the whites ; but, on the contrary, they ought to yield to them on every occasion, and never speak or answer them but with resp'ect, under penalty of...imprisonment, according to the nature of the offence." M 2 suffering, and sickness, often accompanied with vomiting, ensues. The driver pointed out to me...

...yield to them on every occasion, and never speak to or answer them but with respect, under penalty or imprisonment, according to the nature of the offence."...the law, is extinguished ; and those thus descended pass into the mass of white inhabitants, all the rights of whom they attain, even though one of their...

...into great difficulty. By the Slave Code, according to an extract that he read, " free people of color ought never to insult or strike white people, nor...offence." Now, the best we could make of it was, that Mont gomery was a free colored person. In Virginia and Kentucky, in the fourth descent from a negro,...

...to the whites ; but, on the contrary, they ought to yield to them on every occasion, and never speak or answer them but with respect, under penalty of...imprisonment, according to the nature of the offence. " In Maryland, a free negro coming into the state, cannot remain in it without a pass from a justice...

...but on the contrary that thev ought to yield to them on every occasion, and never speak or answer to them but with respect, under penalty of imprisonment according to the nature of the offense." The Black Code made this offense a crime unique to free persons of color, in a telling reminder...