 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 432 síður
...to institute proceedings against his master for the recovery of his freedom, MANSFIELD says : — " The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is...introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself whence... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 434 síður
...to institute proceedings against his master for the recovery of his freedom, MANSFIELD says : — " The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is...introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself whence... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 síður
...importance was felt and expressed by the Bench. In giving the opinion of the court, Lord Mansfield said : " The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is...introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 síður
...institute proceedings against hie master for the recovery of his freedom, MANSFIELD says : — " Tho state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable...introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself whence... | |
 | 1857 - 820 síður
...The exercise "of it therefore must always be regulated by the laws of the place where ' exercised. The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of ' being now introduced by courts of justice upon mere reasoning, or by inferences drawn from any principles,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 638 síður
...must be recognized by the law of the country where it is used. The power of a master over his slave has been extremely different, in different countries....; but only positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, is erased from memory. it is so odious that nothing... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 636 síður
...be recognized by the law of the country where it is used. The power of a master over his slave lias been extremely different, in different countries....political; but only positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and lime itself, is erased from memory. It is so odious that nothing... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 678 síður
...must be recognized by the law of the country where it is used. The power of a master over his slave has been extremely different in different countries....introduced on any reasons, moral or political; but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself, from... | |
 | Thomas Read Rootes Cobb - 1858 - 612 síður
...viz., whether African slavery would be lawful under the municipal law of England. Say the Court, " The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is...introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law." " Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say... | |
 | John Codman Hurd - 1858 - 778 síður
...case, the reason given, for not sustaining it, is not a good judicial reason. Lord Mansfield says — " the state of slavery is of such a nature that it is...being introduced on any reasons, moral or political." If he intended to say that the moral and political reasons against slavery were such that even positive... | |
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The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law... 
