Slave patrols were established in 1811 in response to an uprising of slaves in nearby Louisiana.
It was unlawful for any persons to liberate their slaves unless they first proved to the satisfaction of the General Assembly that such slave or slaves had performed some meritorious act, either for the benefit of the owner, or for the benefit of the territory.
Enslaved fls were prohibited from rioting, using provoking or insulting language to anyone not fl, or lifting his or her hand in opposition to any one not fl unless in self-defense.
In 1779, Negro Sylvia was born a slave in Virginia and she became the property of the defendant [George Coryell], a citizen of Virginia.
A vessel engaged in the slave trade, even if prohibited by the laws of the country to which it belongs, cannot, for that cause alone, be seized on the high seas, and brought in for adjudication, in time of peace, in the courts of another country.
545, commonly known as the Missouri Compromise act, prohibiting the holding and ownership of slaves in the territory of the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the constitution, and is therefore void; Right of property in slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
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