Slaves: Prohi-
bition against
State payment
for emancipation;
U. S. compensa-
tion.
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Sec. 37. The General
Assembly shall pass no
Law providing for pay-
ment by this State, for
Slaves emancipated from
servitude in this State;
but they shall adopt such
measures, as they may
deem expedient, to ob-
tain from ,tlre United
States, compensation for
such Slaves, and to re-
ceive, and distribute the
same, equitably, to the
persons entitled.
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Sec. 37. The General
Assembly shall pass no
Law providing for pay-
ment, by this State, for
Slaves emancipated from
servitude in this State;
but they shall adopt such
measures, as they may
deem expedient, to ob-
tain from the United
States, compensation for
such Slaves, and to re-
ceive, and distribute the
same, equitably, to the
persons entitled.
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Art. IV, sec. 12. Any
person who shall, after this
Constitution shall have
gone into effect, detain in
slavery any person eman-
icipated by the provisions
of this Constitution, shall,
on conviction be fined
not less than five hun-
dred dollars nor more
than 'five thousand dol-
lars, or be imprisoned
not more than five years;
and any of the Judges
of this State shall dis-
charge, on Habeas Cor-
pus, any person so de-
tained in slavery.
Sec. 36. The General
Assembly shall pass no
law, nor make any ap-
propriation to compen-
sate the masters or claim-
ants of slaves emanci-
pated from servitude by
the adoption of this Con-
stitution.
Declaration of Rights,
article 1. That we hold
it to be self-evident that
all mean are created
equally free; that they
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Sec. 43. The Legislature
shall not pass any law abol-
ishing the relation of mas-
ter or slave, as it now
exists in this State.
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Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 26. The relation
of Master and Slave in
this State, shall not be
abolished, unless a Bill so
to abolish the same shall
be passed by a unani-
mous vote of the members
of each branch of the
General Assembly, and
shall be published at least
three months before a
new election of Dele-
gates, and shall be con-
firmed by a unanimous
vote of the members of
each branch of the Gen-
eral Assembly, at the
next regular constitu-
tional session after such
new election, nor then
without full compensa-
tion to the master for
the property of which he
shall be thereby deprived.
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