 In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become...  Slavery & the Law - Pagina 7geredigeerd door - 2002 - 465 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | Great Britain - 1895 - 232 pagina’s
...language used in the Declaration of Inde'xpendence show, that neither the class of persons who had rbeen imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether...included in the general words used in that memorable instrument. ; It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 702 pagina’s
...legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported...included in the general words used in that memorable instrument. ... They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order,... | |
 | Joseph Warren Keifer - 1900 - 386 pagina’s
...hereafter show) to disrupt the Union, to say : " The language used in the Declaration of Independence shows that neither the class of persons who had been imported...intended to be included in the general words used." And this Chief-Justice said further: " They [the negroes] had for more than a century before been regarded... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1901 - 718 pagina’s
...legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show that neither the class of persons who had been imported...included in the general words used in that memorable instrument. It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that... | |
 | 1901 - 1234 pagina’s
...Constitution was synonymous with citizens, and meant the same thing, and did not include the Indians nor the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendant*, -whether they had bet-ome free or not. (19 How., 404 et seq.) And, not being citizens,... | |
 | Charles Henry Butler - 1902 - 812 pagina’s
...Constitutiou was synonymous with citizens, and meant the same thing, and did not include the Indians nor the class of persons who had been imported as slaves,...descendants, whether they had become free or not. (19 How. 404, et seq.) And, not being citizens, they can 172 limiting the provisions of citizenship... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn - 1903 - 432 pagina’s
...1857, referring to the Declaration of Independence, said : " It is evident that the slave race were not intended to be included in the general words used in that memorable instrument. The words would seem to embrace the whole human race, but that they were not so intended... | |
 | State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Bar Association - 1905 - 256 pagina’s
...legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show that neither the class of persons who had been imported...included in the general words used in that memorable instrument. The reasoning in support of the Dred Scott opinion apparently limited citizens of the United... | |
 | Charles Zebina Lincoln - 1907 - 256 pagina’s
...and the status of slaves during and at the close of the colonial period, saying, among other things, "that neither the class of persons who had been imported...nor intended to be included in the general words" of the Declaration of Independence. "They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 740 pagina’s
...legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor'their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a part of the... | |
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