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Show 238 APPENDIX TO NOTES. of any onr, ~vC'n n. Yn~n.ho ml: and I would :u;k, 'Vhn.t law i~ it that puni.shes, at this day, the moat wauton n.nd crn<'l dismemberment of a sla\<', by sever ing a limb f1·om hi~ iJody, if life should be Rpnred? 'J'bc,·c is no statute on tho suhic'ct: it i::- thf' common lrtw <'llt down, it i~ true, hy stn.tutc or eu~tom, So ItS to tolcratP shn-cry. yie lding: to tho owucr tlw scnicf'S of tho shwc, n.nd nny right incithmt theJ·cto, as necC!<f:l\ry for its full enjoyment, but pro/('ding the life and limb~· of the lmm a1~ being; :\nd in theM pnrticnlars, it docs not arlmit that he is without the protection t>f the ln.w. I think, therefore, th:tt jm1gmc1lt Of death should bo ptOtlOllllCCd ~l;:;ain ~; t the pri!<OllCt." 'J'hc l'(tatutc of Ot•orgi:t, of Dec. 2, 17\lV, rcquirt•ll, (Sec. 2, mnrt!:;ilHtl title,) "tho same mode of prosecution and measure of punishment for killing a slave ns a white person." '1'hc statuto of South C1\rolina, of 1740, P. L. 173, enacts that" if k~1) J:~~r~~,:~~ ~:;;~~.0~:. ~~:~ds1:~,~e~~ a~,~~ ~~~,s~~';;e~~~i;\~'~t:t11°~;;r~i!i~l7~ 1nun of three hundred pounds ('Url·rnt money. STAn vs. Cm:,\TI\'OOD.-Fall '1'. 183·1. 2 Hill's S.C. Hop. 45'J. lfar· per, J., hebl that the ol1ject of the act of 1821, relative to the murder of sla.veP, wns, to make the murder of a slave, of the s:unc grade and eharactCl' ns the murder of a white mn.n or free ma.n at common law, and i~ to be mn.dc out by tho same kind of proof.'' ~V .~s~\.~':~s~ E.. ~, ~~~~.:~~~e~~~~ ~~~~~~n1.1~J~~~~t~r 1818. 1 Nott & M'Cord's S. ~· H.cp. 182. Per. Cw·. C'olcock, J. ".By tho st:\.tutc of 1740, any wh1te man may npprehrnd, and moderately correct any ~:~l ai'O who may be fOund out of the plantation at which ho is employed; and if the sla\'c :tss:tu lts the whii.o person, he m:ty be kiJlcd; but a ~·lave who 1's merely.flyht[J a·way camwt be kiUed. Korc:tn thedefend:tnts he justified Ly tho common b~w. if we conside1· the neg ro as a person; for ~~cr r:~~~.n~~~~31~~i1~~~u'~'i!~ci:1~t~t1;;!1l~~~t{l~fc~1~ld1~~tt~:~~~~~~ld him 4. Nor tu inflicting cruel punifd1mcnt. M.\l<K I L\~1 vs. CLOst:.-Scpt. '1'. 1831. 2 Louis iana. Hcp. 581. llcld by tho court, Porte1·, J ·., tlmt the infliction of cruel pnniRhmcnt on the slarc, by his master, is n. criminn.l oft'cncc. and must be punisl1ed by n. crimin:ll pro;,ccutioH, nnd nut before n. ciYil tribunnl. Laws of Georgia. Cohl/1:1 Dig:e,;t. Athens, Ga.. 1851. p. 'J71. Aet of May 10, 1770. _Preamble. " IVI1ereas, from t ho incrcnsing number of slares in thi~-C pnl\•incc, it is lH'(·essnry as well to make prop"r regulations forth(' future Ol'(\ c rin ~ nnd governing such slrwc.~, and to nscert:1.in and pn'l'lcribo tho pnnisluncnt of crim e~:~ Ly them committed, n1:1 to sctllc and tifllil],y po:-..iti\e hlw ~<, the extent of the p1•wcr of t!w owners of aueh Hh,·e8 0\'er· them, so thn.t thoy mn.,y be kept in dtw F;uhjection n.ml ohcdienc<', and owners or pcr ::ons h~~;vm g tho c~J'C and mannn-ement of !mch shve,;, may l;e 1'i':strauted }rom excesswe G!i(l wmec~'tsw·y 1·iyor or uxwton cnwfty OYer them: 1.'/ter,.fure, be U euacled," ((·c. L:~W f! of Maryland. 1715. Chap. 4-t. s\~c. 2 1. u .And be it ful'III CJ' enactrd b!tlhe a;dlwrily ojflresaid, 'l'hn.t if any mnstcr or mistrcf;~ of :~liY survaut '' lmtsuu\'tJr, ur· un::n;eer by order ot· consent of :my sneh APPENDIX 1'0 NO 'rES . 239 Jn:lf;~er or mistrcs~~ shall deny, and not proviUc sufficient JOPat, 1lrink, lorl~mg nnd clu.thmg, OJ' ~lmll unreasonably burthf'u them Ut•y~Jnd u.elr strength '':•th labour, Ol' debar them of t hci1· nc..::es~ary rest and ,.;lecp, or cxccssn·ety l1cat nnd 1~LnRo them, or· shrdl ~i,·e tiJCm n.bovo ten lashes .for. n.ny one oflimcf', the ~:nne Loin~ s ufficiently pl'O\•ed he fore tho .Jllf!tJCc~-; of ~he cou11ty courtl-1, the ~aid justices ha\"c hcr·chy full power and nuthol'lty for the fi1·st :nul Rccond ofilmcc to le1·y such tine upon Ruch olft·L~dcr ns to them Rh.-.11 :-;cem meet, not ~x cocding one tltouslul(l p~u11Js t•l tohaceo, to the u~c of' his m:~j cs ty, his hei rs and sueccssoro\i, for tile ~:~ u p po rt of ,.;o,·e,·nmcnt., and for tho third ofroncc, to ad .melt .~el:t·ant so u·rongcd at fibf'rly, (I)Ulji ·re .fi·nm servitude." L:L\\'1:1 ot J((•ulu eky . Mol'chcad & Bro\1n's Digest. .Fr:u1kfort, 183-L Act of Jan 28, t 8:{Q, Sec. ·L "Be it further e1utclerl, 'l.'hat if nuy o~-rnel· of l.t ~ lave ~hn.ll. trent 8 lU'h ~]n,·e c rllclly and iuhmuanly, :~l ~~. 1~/ ~~a~r~~~~t~~;!Pg~cl ~i~ ,.~.!:~~cc :~t;:1gs~~·flit~i~n ~i ~~~2cl:~:::; br ~f~~~~~~~!: it s!1all :tnJ may he bwful fin· any pel'.'i/Jn acrp1:lintctl with the f:1ct or facts, to st:tte Rllll ~-=ct fol"th in a. petition to the uircuit coud, the fact:; or :my uf thL'Ill afor<'~aid of whid1 the defendant hath been guil~y, :wd pray that :-mch f! l:wo or sl:u·e.'l may be tukw .from lite ]JO-Y ·~·c.~sum (jf the OWJUI' uud sold fur the benefit of such owner, agrccnbly to the st•venth article of the constit ution." &c. 5, J\hk_cs it obli~atory on the court to inquire into tho lru lh of ~h.c allcg;n.twns, aod tf thoy nrc fouud to bo s ustained, to gmnt tho p ct1t10u. C'ivil C'ode of 14uisiana. Article 1!:12. " Jn like manner, no owner shall. be compelled to sol! his slave, J,ut in one of two ca.-:;cs, to wit: tl_w f1rst, when • * *; the I:!Ot'Ond, wlu:n the master shall Oc con\' Jcted of cruel trcab~10nt of hi.'l s la,·e, nnd tho judge shall deem proJlCl' to pronounce, bes 1de~:~ the pe nalty c~tabli11hed for such ca!'!c~. that tho s];~,·e st~all bu sold at ~ubli~ auction, in order to place him out of tlto r each of the power winch !us master has abused." 5. 'l'he Lord's Un.y, a day of rc:r;t to tho s!avO. 1 •. n.ws of _Mary laud. 1723. Chap. 16, ROC. 10, enacts, "That no ono h:~vJ_n.; chlld~en, S()rmn.ts or s la\'(-'S, shn.li command, or witting;ly, <JL' "llhngly suffer any ol them to do any manner of work Ol' Jn.bor on the l.oni'M Jay, (wo1·kii of necessity nnd charity alwn_ys excepted,) on penalty of two lnmdl'cd pounds of tobacco." ~·~ws o;, Ge~rgia. _C.:obb's Digest, p. 07l. Act of :\Tay 10, 1770, ~ru. 41. Jf .lny J)('JWn _shall on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, employ any ~:~la.1·e 111 any work or l.tbor, t work of :1.1Jsolu to ncc~ssJt~,. and the ~lCcf'.SM\I'Y occasion~ of tho family only excepted.) r_1e1y /lC JSOLL so oflend1ng :>hall forf(•Jt and pay the .':i lllll of ten s hil~ lm~s )or ?''.eJ·.v sJa,·c ho, ~he, or tl1f'Y shall so cause to work or labor .'' G. l rOVJSLOn fol' the old :ul(l iufinn. ~aws of Georgia ... Act of Dor. 2 1, 1832. " An net to cstn.blish a.n !nhrma1·y fur the J·ehef and protection of aged and nfllictcd negroes Ill the :St:~te ~f O eo~·~ia.," ~cc. 5, provides f01~ receiving ~laves, on pa.y'. mcnt by then· m:tstcrs of n. sum to Lc determined by the Dircctvrs. the pay men<. W go to the support of the Institution. |