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TERRiTORY OF KANSAS.
An ActtO Punish Offences against Slave
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SECTION j. BE 1t enacted by the Gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly of til,
Territory of Kansas, Plat every person
BONDiOR FREE, who shah be convict
ed Of actually raising rebellion or insur
rection of SLAVES, free negroes ormu
lattoes in iris rfenitotyaSHALL SUF
FER DEATH bra ,t.lafengg oiida
iSEcr. g. SdsverEfree person who shah
aid and assist in any rebellion or insur.
rection of SLAVES;afrees negroes or mu
lattoes, or shallaftirnislaafnis I or do any
over act In ifurtherance of such rebel.
lion or insufreclidn, SHALL SUFFER
DEATH -a01ebommuasa ~ f9i
ssSEoT. 81 If any free person shall. by
SPEAKING, w BITING. or PRINT,
ING. advise, persuade or induce any
SLAVES to rebel or conspirel against any
citizeml of this Territory or shall bring
into, print, writes publish or circulate. OF
cause.to be brought into, printed, written,
published or circulated, or shall knowing.
ly aid ortassistin The bringing into, print.
ing, writing; publishing or circulating in
this Territory, any book, paper maga
zme, pamphlet or circular, for the pur.
pose offexciting insurrection on the par
of the SLAVES, free negroes or muat
toes, against the citizens Of the Territory
or any part Of them, such person SHALL
BE GUlLTY OF FELONY, AND SUE.
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SECT. 4. If any person shall entice,
decoys or carry away out of this Terrific
ry, any SLAVE belonging to another
with the intentto deprive the owner there.
of.of the services ofisuch slave, or with
the intent to effect or procure the freedom
of such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty
of grand larceny and, ,on conviction there.
of. SHALlSUFFERq DEATH, Or
BE IMPRISONED ATHARD LABOR
FOR.NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS
~ Seer. 5. If any person aids or assists
in enticing, decoying, persaading or car.
rying awayiof sending out of this Terri
tory,sany SLAY E belonging to another,
WITH INTENT TO PROCURE OR
EFFRCT THE FREED0MAOF SUCH
SLAVE. or with intent to deprive the
owner thereof ofthe services of such Slave,
he shall be adiudged guilty Of grand lar
ceny, and, on eviction thereof. SHALL
SUFFER DEATH, OR BE IMPRIS-
ONED AT ElARDzBABOR FOR NOT
LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
SECT. 6. If any person shall entice,
decoy or carry away out Of any State or
Territory Of the United States, any slave
belonging to. another, WITH INTENT
TO PROCURE OR EFFECT THE
FREEDOM OF SUCH SLAVE, or to
deprive the owner thereof of the services
of such SLAVE, into this Territory. he
shall be adjudged guilty Of grand larceny,
in the same manner as if such slave had
been enticed, decoyed or carried away out
of the Territory. and in such case the lar
ceny may be charged TO have been com
mitted in any county of this. Territory, in
to or through which such slave shallhave
been brought by such person, and, on
conviction thereof, the person so offend
ing SHALL SUFFER- DEATH,rOR
BE IMPRISONED AT HARD I LABOR
FOR EOTILESS THAN TEN YEARS.
-. Sect, 2. If any person shall entice,
persuade or induce anyeSLAVE to es.
scape from the service Of his master or
ownerlin this. Territory. 8 or = Shall aid or or
assist any SLAVE escaping from the SER
vice, Of his master or oaoner, or shall as
sist, harbor or conceal any SLAVE, who
may have escaped from the service of his
master or owner, he shall be deemed
guilty of felony, AND PUNISHED BY
IMPRISONMENT AT HARDLABOR
FORN0T LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
SECT. 8. If any person in this Terri
tory shall aid or assist, harbor or conceal
any SLAVEswho has escaped from the
service of his master or owner in another
state or Territory. such person shall be
punished in like manner as,if such slave
had escaped from the service Of his mas
ter or owner in this Territory. tftt3lt
Sect. 9. If any person shall resist
any officer while attempting to arrest any.
SLAVE that may hive escaped from the
service of his master or owner. or shall
rescue such SLAVE when in custody Of
any officer or other person, or shall en-
tice, persuade, aid or assist such SLAVE
to escape from the custody Of any officer
or other person who may have such
SLAV VEin' custody, whether such SLAVE
has escaped from the service of his mas
ter or owner in this Territory or in any
other State or Territory, the person SO
offending SHALL BE GUILTY. OF
FELONY, tANDlPUNISHED BY I'M.
PRlS0NMENTG AT HARD LABOR
FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN TWO
YEARS. Z skeAs tItss7. ~ -
Seer. 10. Z iIfahy Marshal, Sheriff. d
Constable, or the Deputy of any J. such
officer, shall, when required by any per-
som refuse to aid or assist in the arrest
and capture of any Stare that may have es-
capped from the service of his master or
owner, whether such SLAVE shall have
escaped from his master or owner in this
Territory or any other State or Territory.
such officer shall be fined in sum of not
less than one hundred nor more than FIVE
hundred dollars@11a2 ss
SECT. L. IF any person PRINT.
WRITE, INTRODUCE INTO. PUB
LISH OR CIRCULATE, or cause to be
brought into, printed, written, published
or scarcutateds or shall knowingly AID or
ASSIST in bringing into, PRINTING, PUB.
LISTING OR CIRCULATING, within this Ter.
ritory. any book, paper, pamphlet, maga-
zine, handbill. or circular, containing any
STATEMENT ARGUMENT, OPIN-
ION, SENTIMENT, DO CTRINE, AD-
VICE OR INUENDO calculated to pro-
duce a DISAFFECTION among the
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