| Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 páginas
...testimony. Negroes, Indians, mulattoes, and persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancestors to the fourth generation inclusive, though...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... | |
| Enoch Lewis - 1828 - 390 páginas
...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 * Laws of Delaware. f A law passed in 1653, directed that all the issue of English,... | |
| 1832 - 344 páginas
...mulattoes, and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro and Indian ancesters, to the third generation, inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person) whether bond or free, shall be taken and deemed to be incapable in law to be witnesses, in any case... | |
| Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - 1833 - 630 páginas
...dians06*^11 descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation incluineorupetent. give, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free, shall be taken and deemed to be incapable in law to be witnesses in any case... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court, Benjamin Faneuil Porter - 1836 - 602 páginas
...mulattoes, Indians and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or Indian ancestors, to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person, whether bond or free ; shall be taken, and deemed incapable in law, to be witnesses in any case whatever,... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1839 - 338 páginas
...the amended constitution of North Carolina, no free negro, mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation...each generation may have been a white person, shall vote for the legislature. I regret to say, no similar regulation, for practical purposes, has been... | |
| Tennessee. Supreme Court, Return Jonathan Meigs - 1839 - 720 páginas
...indians, mullattoes and all persons of mixed blood, descended from negro or indian ancestors to the third generation inclusive, though one ancestor of each generation 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... | |
| 1844 - 506 páginas
...marriages between white persons and " persons of colour," includes in the latter class all who are descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation...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... | |
| Texas - 1846 - 538 páginas
...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. 66. Witnesses... | |
| John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 páginas
...three hundred acres of land in fee. 3. No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors to the fourth generation...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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