 | Amicus - 1850 - 42 pagina’s
...construction there put on this clause is, that all who are born since the constitution, are free, but those who were in slavery before, are not liberated...there being no Indians residing within those limits." So much for a contemporaneous exposition of apparently synonymous phrases. You, sir, are not without... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1875 - 588 pagina’s
...pnt on this clause is thnt all who have been burn since the constitntion are free, hnt tbat tlio»e who were in slavery before are not liberated by it. By reason of this constrnction (which, by the way, 1 do not intend to vindicate), the blnck* in tbat state are in the... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1888 - 348 pagina’s
...article of the declaration of rights, it is asserted that all men are born equally free and hidependent. The construction there put on this clause is that...not liberated by it. By reason of this construction so contrary to every sound principle, the blacks in that state in the census of 1790 are distinguished... | |
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New-Hampshire established their constitutution in 1783; and in the first article of the declaration of rights, it is asserted, that " all men are born equally free and independent." The construction there put on this clause is, that all who have been... 