 | 1886 - 892 páginas
...generation. The section of the code pertaining to this question is as follows: "Negroes, rnulattoes, Indians, and all persons of mixed blood descended...may have been a white person, whether bond or free, must not be witnesses in any cause, civil or criminal, oxcept for or against each other: " Code, sec.... | |
 | North Carolina - 1906 - 1008 páginas
...Mulattoes, and all Persons of mixed Blood, descended from Negro and Indian Ancestors, to the fourth Generation inclusive (though one Ancestor of each...been a white Person) whether Bond or free, shall be deemed and taken to be incapable in Law to be Witnesses in any Case whatsoever, except against each... | |
 | Stewart Rapalje - 1887 - 684 páginas
...understand the obligation of an oath, is competent to be a witness." 1 "A negro, mulatto, Indian, or person of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors,...may have been a white person, whether bond or free, is incapable of being a witness in any cause, civil or criminal, except for or against each other."2... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - 1891 - 1052 páginas
...and the latter to mean "a person of mixed blood, descended on the part of father or mother from negro ancestors, to the third generation, inclusive, though...ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. Linton v. State, 88 Ala. 216. In North Carolina all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth... | |
 | 1899 - 342 páginas
...free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person) shall vote for members of the Senate or House of Commons." There were more free negroes in North Carolina... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 398 páginas
...right of testimony in court. I quote from the ignoble statute. " A negro, mulatto, Indian, or person of mixed blood descended from negro or Indian ancestors,...may have been a white person, whether bond or free, is incapable of being a witness in any cause, civil or criminal, except for or against each other."... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 508 páginas
...provides that " all negroes and Indians, and all persons of mixed blood descended from negro ancestry to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, shall be incapable of being a witness in any case whatever, except for or against each other."4 SUMMARY... | |
 | 1904 - 1032 páginas
...The expression "persona of color" includes all who are descended from negro ancestors of the fourth generation, inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. State v. Watters, 25 NC 455, 457; State v. Dempsey, 31 N. C. 384, 388. The term "person of color,"... | |
 | Joshua William Caldwell - 1907 - 432 páginas
...mulattoes, Indians, and all persons of mixed blood descended from Negro or Indian ancestry, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each...been a white person), whether bond or free, shall be deemed and taken to be incapable in law to be a witness in any case whatsoever except against each... | |
 | Alabama - 1907 - 1130 páginas
...person of mixed blood, descended on the part of the father or mother from negro ancestors, to the fifth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. "Personal property," "choses in action," defined and discussed. — Hall & Farley v. Ala. Term. & Imp.... | |
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No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons. 
