 A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor. He can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what must belong to his master.  The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. - Página 17por William Ellery Channing - 1841Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Louisiana - 1825 - 804 páginas
...contracting marriage, and of forming other engagements. ART. 35. — A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor : he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but what must belong to his... | |
 | George McDowell Stroud - 1827 - 190 páginas
...slave under the civil law. According to the law of Louisiana, " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labour: he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but what must belong to his... | |
 | George Bourne - 1833 - 228 páginas
...INTENTS, CONSTRUCTIONS, AND PURPOSES WHATSOEVER." In Louisiana, " A slave is one who is in the power of a master, to whom he belongs ; the master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything but what belongs to his master.... | |
 | 1837 - 588 páginas
...principles of God's word. A slave is defined, in the Louisiana code, to be "one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, posess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master."... | |
 | 1835 - 642 páginas
...slavery are, it will be perceived, from high authority :— " ' A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master.'... | |
 | William Jay - 1835 - 230 páginas
...slavery are, it will be perceived, from high authority:— " A slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, his labour; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing but which must belong to his master."... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1836 - 194 páginas
...intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever." The law of Louisiana declares: — " A slave is one who is in the power of the master to whom he belongs....may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry and labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire anything, but what must belong to his master."... | |
 | 1838 - 148 páginas
...must first settle the meaning of the term slavery. "A slave," fays the law of Louisiana, " is one who is in the power of the master to whom he belongs....may sell him, dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor : he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire my thing, but what must belong to his... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1837 - 174 páginas
...held and treated, in these United States, as property. ^ / A slave is one who is in the power of a master\ ' to whom he belongs. The master may sell him, \ dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor ; he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but what must belong to... | |
 | 1837 - 486 páginas
...PURPOSES WHATSOEVER." Brevard's Digest, 229. In Louisiana " a slave is one who is in the power of a master to whom he belongs — the master may sell him — dispose of his person, his industry, and his labor, he can do nothing, possess nothing, nor acquire any thing, but what must belong to his... | |
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