The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-08-14
TERRITORY OF KANSAS.
An Act to Punish Offences against Slave
Property.
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SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of Kansas, That every person,
BOND OR FREE, who shall be convict
ed Of actually raising a rebellion or insur-
rection of SLAVES, free negroes or mu-
lattoes in this Territory, SHALL SUF-
FER DEATH.
SECT. 9. Every free person who shall
aid and assist in any rebellion or insur-
rection of SLAVES, free negroes or mu-
lattoes, or shall furnish arms, or do any
over act in furtherance of such rebel
lion or insurrection, SHALL SUFFER
DEATH.
SECT. s. IF any free person shall. by
SPEAKING, WRITING, or PRINT
ING. advise, persuade or induce any
SLAVES to rebel or conspire against any
citizen of this Territory, or shall bring
into, print, write, publish or circulate, or
cause to be brought into, printed, written,
published or circulated, or shall knowing
ly aid or assist in the bringing into, print
ing, writing, publishing or circulating in
this Territory, any book, paper. maga
zine, pamphlet or circular, for the pur
pose of exciting insurrection on the part
of the SLAVES, free negroes or mulat-
toes, against the citizens Of the Territory
or any part of them, such person SHALL
BE GUILTY OF FELONY, AND SUF-
FER DEATH.
SECT. 4 If any person shall entice,
decoy or carry away out of this Terrific
ry, any SLAVE belonging to another,
with the intent to deprive the owner there
of of the services of such 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, SHALL SUFFER DEATH, Oh
BE IMPRISONED AT HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
SECT. 5. If any person aids or assists
in enticing, decoying, persuading or car
rying away or sending out of this Terri
tory, any SLAVE belonging to another,
WITH INTENT TO PROCURE OR
Effect THE FREEDOM OF SUCH
SLAVE, or with intent to deprive the
owner thereof Of the services of such slave,
he shall be adjudged guilty of grand lar
ceny, and, on conviction thereof, SHALL
SUFFER DEATH, OR BE IMPRIS-
ONED AT HARD LABOR FOR NOT
LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
SECT. 6. If any person shall entice,
decoy or carry away out of any State OF
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 lal ceny
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 shall have
been brought by such person, and, on
conviction thereof, the person so offend
ing SHALL SUFFER DEATH, OR
BE IMPRISONED AT HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS
SECT. 7. If any person shall entice,
persuade or induce any SLAVE to es-
cape from the service of his master OF
owner in this Territory, or shall aid or
assist any SLAVE escaping from the SER
vice of his master or 0acner, 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 HARD LABOR
FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS
SECT. 8. If any person in this Terri
tory shall aid or assist, harbor or conceal
any SLAVE who 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.
SECT. 8. If any person shall resist
any officer while attempting to arrest any
SLAVE that may II We 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-
tlce, persuade, aid or assist such SLAVE
to escape from the custody of any officer
or other person who may have such
SLAVEin custody, whether such SLAVE
Hoo SsCdPCu ilotII tIle SeIFIOt VI HIS iut'o-
ter or owner in this Territory or in any
other State or Territory, the person so
offending SHALL BE GUILTY OF
FELONY, AND PUNISHED BY I'M
PRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR
FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN TWO
i YEARS
SECT. 10. If any Marshal, Sheriff, or
Constable, or the Deputy of any such
officer, shall, when required by any per-
son, 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 a sum of not