 It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.  A History of the United States of America - Page 359by Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1823 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Julius Sterling Morton - Nebraska - 1911 - 822 pages
...shall be their [the general assembly's] duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in this state, under any pretext whatever." The principal reason for this drastic measure doubtless lay... | |
 | Organization of American Historians - Mississippi River Valley - 1913 - 732 pages
...1820. This section provided that it should be the duty of the legislature to pass such laws as would prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State under any pretext whatsoever. Now this hostility to the free negroes was not due to their large numbers,... | |
 | Organization of American Historians - Mississippi River Valley - 1913 - 452 pages
...1820. This section provided that it should be the duty of the legislature to pass such laws as would prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State under any pretext whatsoever. Now this hostility to the free negroes was not due to their large numbers,... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1914 - 804 pages
...States. When Missouri sought admission in 1821, its constitution required it* legislature to enact laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State under any pretext whatever' Congress thereupon required a pledge that no act should be passed... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - Missouri - 1915 - 576 pages
...assembly, declared: 'It shall be their duty as soon as may be to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatever.' "The election for state and other officers was held in August... | |
 | Floyd Calvin Shoemaker - Constitutional history - 1916 - 420 pages
...state constitutions expressly gave this power to the legislature.66 The general assembly was commanded to pass laws to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in Missouri; and to oblige slave-owners to treat their slaves humanely.66 Further regarding slavery, the... | |
 | Eugene Morrow Violette - Missouri - 1918 - 558 pages
...provided that it should be the duty of the general assembly to pass such laws as might be necessary "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State under any pretext whatsoever." Members of Congress did not have to wait until Missouri's constitution... | |
 | Clarence Henry McClure - Missouri - 1920 - 298 pages
...reads as follows, "It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever." Some of the members of Congress from the northern states... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - Biography & Autobiography - 1921 - 1152 pages
...the constitution of Missouri reached Congress, Niles' Register pointed out that the clause directing the legislature to pass laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming into and settling in the state, on any pretence whatever" would .block admission into the Union. The... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - Biography & Autobiography - 1921 - 1072 pages
...the constitution of Missouri reached Congress, Miles' Register pointed out that the clause directing the legislature to pass laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming into and settling in the state, on any pretence whatever" would block admission into the Union. The... | |
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