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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. "
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama - Page 277
by Alabama. Supreme Court - 1841
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The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a Guide to Sheriffs ...

Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...Indians, mulattoes, and persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, are witnesses only against each •ther. A person interested in the event of the cause, or a wife or...
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The African Observer, Volumes 1-12

Enoch Lewis - Slave trade - 1828 - 390 pages
...negro blood, is declared by law a mulatto. In North Carolina, all negroes, Indians, mulattoes, and persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been white,) whether...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Adjudged in the ..., Volume 2

Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 602 pages
...as to him the right of the cause may appear." By an other act,' it is declared. " that all negroes, mulattoes, Indians and all persons of mixed blood,...whether bond or free ; shall be taken, and deemed incapable in law, to be witnesses in any case whatever, except for and against each other." It is by...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee ...

Tennessee. Supreme Court, Return Jonathan Meigs - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 720 pages
...of the court is correct? The act of 1794, c 1, § 32, declares that all negroes, indians, mullattoes and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro...may have been a white person, whether bond or free, should be held and deemed to be incapable in law to be a witness in any case whatever, except against...
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A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions

Frederick Marryat - Canada - 1839 - 338 pages
...no free negro, 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 the legislature. I regret to say, no similar regulation, for practical purposes, has...
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American Law Magazine, Volume 3

Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...persons of colour," includes in the latter class all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. Slate v. Watters, 3 ib. 455. MORTGAGE. (Of leasehold when good.) Where there is a lease of a lot of...
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Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas

Texas - Law - 1846 - 538 pages
...Sec. 65. Alt negroes and indians, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestry, tothe 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. Sec....
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The American's Own Book: Or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the ...

John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...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. SEC. IV. — 1. In the election of all officers,...
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 2

James Kent - Law - 1848 - 1046 pages
...people of colour, includes in the latter class all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person. State v. Watters, 3 Iredell, 455. By the Revised Statutes of Illinois, published in 1829, marriages...
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The American's Guide

Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...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. Section 4. § 1. In the election of all officers,...
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