...kingdom or country, any negro, mulatto, or person qf*colour, with intent to hold, sell, or disfioge of such negro, mulatto, or person of colour, as a slave, or to be held to service of labour. The 2d and 3d sections, and first part of the 4th section, inflict penalties and forfeitures...

...supposed. The first section of the law is general and imperative. It enacts " That from and after the 1st day of January, 1808, it shall not be lawful, to import...colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour." This section, therefore, is general ; it applies to all vessels, whether of war or otherwise^ For,...

...froin any Foreign Kingdom, Place, or Country, any Negro, Mulatto, or Person of colour, with inlent to hold, sell, or dispose of such Negro, Mulatto,...colour, as a Slave, or to be held to service or labour. II*. And be it furlher enacted, that no Citizen or Citizensof The United States, or any other Person,...

...wardens of the poor. By an act of congress. — " From apd after the first day ,of ' January, 1 808, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into ,the...colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour, under the penalty of S 5,000." , See Slaves, Woods, Witnesses, Insolvent Debtor^. •FUGITIVES. " Any...

...(hereof, from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, wiih intent to hold, sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto,...as a slave, or to be held " to service or labour;" and every vessel fitted out or sent for the purpose is forfeited to the United States, and may be seized...

...from any kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, with intent to hold, or sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person...colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour." This section, therefore, is general ; it applies to all vessels, whether of war or otherwise. For,...

...fyc. That, from ^ r t 310 and after the first day of January,one thousand eight hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the...colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour. the United Mates, or any other person, shall, from and after the first day of January, in the year...

...extract it verbally. " From and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the...colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour. " The second section prohibits any person, after the first day of January, 1808, for himself or for...

...act was passed, for which it was my happy lot to vote, the first section of which enacts, "That from and after the first day of January, 1808, it shall...duration, any that ever sprang from any trade pushed byHhe enterprise or cupidity of man. The United States, as a nation, are not responsible for the original...

...Act was passed, for which it was my happy lot to vote, the first section of which enacts, " That from and after the first day of January, 1808, it shall...service or labour." — Thus terminated, we may hope for ever, in the United States, a disgraceful traffic, which drew after it a train of enormities surpassing...