 | William B. Victor - United States - 1859 - 254 pages
...the migration or importation of such persons, as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight," has always been known and acted upon as referring to the slave... | |
 | Edward Ely Dunbar - Mexico - 1861 - 124 pages
...as long after as Congress might allow. The Constitution does not say the migration or importation of such persons as any of the States shall think proper to admit, shall he prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808, etc., but it says, " shall not be prohibited,* etc.... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1861 - 744 pages
...1. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...' the migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808 '? This is an exception from the power of regulating commerce, and the restriction is only to continue... | |
 | Augustin Cochin - Slavery - 1863 - 432 pages
...Article I. Section IX. § 1 : " The migration or importation of such persons as any of the existing States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808. ;; Furthermore, in Article I. Section II. § 3, by which the representatives are distributed in proportion... | |
 | Augustin Cochin - Slavery - 1863 - 438 pages
...Article I. Section IX. § 1 : " The migration or importation of such persons as any of the existing States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 1808." Furthermore, in Article I. Section II. § 3, by which the representatives are distributed in proportion... | |
 | Stephen D. Carpenter - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 360 pages
...Articles' which restrict the powers of Congress, and declares: ' "That the migration or importation of such persons as any of the States shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited prior to the year 1808. " FIVE HUNDRED POLITICAL TEXTS. the power to send them away as... | |
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The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation,... 
