Chapter 1

" II.--WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS, 18

" III.--THE COLONIAL CHARTERS, 24

" IV.--COLONIAL STATUTES, 36

" V.--THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 42

" VI.--THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1789. (MEANING OF THE WORD "FREE,") 46

" VII.--THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, 61

" VIII.--THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, 65

" IX.--THE INTENTIONS OF THE CONVENTION, 135

" X.--THE PRACTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT, 145

" XI.--THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PEOPLE, 147

" XII.--THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1845, 150

" XIII.--THE CHILDREN OF SLAVES ARE BORN FREE, 153

THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY.