Abstract:
Georgia. General Assembly.,(1840). Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia: in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives from justice. [Washington]: Blair & Rives, printers. March 11, 1840.
This 1840 document from the General Assembly of Georgia sought to empower United States circuit judges the jurisdiction so that "[those] who shall flee from justice and be found in another State, shall, on demand...be delivered up...to the State having jurisdiction of the crime." This document appears to be an antecedent of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Series [Document] - 26th Congress, 1st session, Senate ; 273 Publisher Blair & Rives, printers, 1840.
Description:
Georgia. General Assembly.,(1840). Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia: in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States as to authorize circuit judges of the United States to surrender fugitives from justice. [Washington]: Blair & Rives, printers. March 11, 1840.
United States, Congress | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary
UUID: ae95f54b-54e0-4abf-9393-13dfe348d7d3
MS/146 Slavery Papers, Speeches, and Manuscripts
Digitized by Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, June 10, 2016. Dallas Suttles. dasuttles@valdosta.edu. Scanned from original prints. OCR 600 dpi ABBYY FineReader 11. MS/146 Slavery Papers, Speeches, and Manuscripts.
keywords: Government publications--United States--Georgia; Fugitives--United States; States' rights (American politics); Slavery; Rare Books
