...matter of comity, and not as a matter of international right. The state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws. This was fully recognized in Somerset's case, Lofft's Rep. 1; sc, 11 State Trials by Farg. 340; sc,...

...matter of comity, and not as a matter of international right. The state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws. This was fully recognized in Sommersett'a cose, Lofft's Rep. 1, sc 11 "State Trials," by Harg, 340,...

...property which was not protected in England,, .brought from one of its slave islands. Does not this show that property in a human being does not arise...upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws ? " This decision is not a mere argument, but it is the end of the law, in regard to the extent of...

...of property which was not protected in England,J>rought from one of its slave islands. Does not this show that property in a human being does not arise...regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territoriallaws? " This decision is not a mere argument, but it is the end of the law, in regard to...

...States." In Prigg v. The State of Pennsylvania, 16 Pet. 611: " The state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial ]a"ws." And the court further say: "It is manifest from this consideration, that if the constitution...

...bear were not new. He started with the principle stated in his own conflict theory, that slavery was a "mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of territorial laws." This was Mansfield's position in Somerset, which he agreed with, and Shaw's in Commonwealth...

...positive law and has no support in natural law. "The state of slavery is deemed to be," in Story's words, "a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws." That means that the presumption is always against slavery, even while provisions of the positive law...

...and political rights, which the government did not give, and cannot take away. (DS, 745) Inalienable rights here restrict the United States government's...enslave a person is to push the law to its extreme: if a law that turns a human being into property "does not arise from nature," then what, he wonders,...

...manifestations, threatened the personal liberty of all Americans. For McLean, slavery laws throughout history "show that property in a human being does not arise...and limited to the range of the territorial laws.'" Ominously, he evoked the crux of impending national crisis, further expressed in his labeling "this...

...obstructing, or abolishing the rights of the owners of slaves. . . . The state of slavery is deemed to be a mere municipal regulation, founded upon and limited to the range of the territorial laws. This was fully recognized in Somerset's Case, Lofft's Rep. 1 [1772] . . . which was decided before...