The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-06-05
THE BLOODY CODE.
From the New York Tribune.

its requisition, by President Pierce, and printed
as " Exec. Doc. 234." Here it is:
CHAPTER CIL-SLAvES
| An act to Punish Offences against Stare
| Property.
l. Persons raising instruction, punishable
| with death.
| 2. Alder punishable with death.
3. What constitutes felony.
4. Punishment for decoying away slaves.
5. Punishment for assisting slaves.
6. What deemed grand larceny.
7. What deemed felony.
8. Punishment for concealing slaves.
9. Punishment for rescuing slaves from
| officer.
10. Penalty on officer who refuses to assist
in capturing slave.
| ii. Printing of incendiary documents.
IL. What deemed felony.
l3. Who are qualified as Jurors.
Be IL enacted by the Governor and Legislature
assembly Of the Territory Of Kansas, as fol-
| lOps:
Section l. That every person, bond or free,
who shall be convicted of actually raising a re-
| bellion or instruction of slaves, free negroes,
or mulattoes, in this Territory, shall suffer
death.
Sec 2. Every free person who shall aid or
assist in any rebellion or instruction of slaves,
free negroes, or mulattoes, or shall furnish arms,
or do any overt act in furtherance of such re-
bellion or instruction, shall suffer DEATH
| Sec. 3. If any free person shall, by speaking,
writing, or printing, advise, persuade, or induce,
any slaves to rebel, conspire against, or muir.
der, 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 knowingly aid or assist in the
bringing into. printing, writing, publishing, or
circulating, in this Territory, any book, paper,
magazine, pamphlet, or circular, for the purpose
of exciting insurrection, rebellion, revolt or con-
spiracy, on the part of the slaves, free negroes,
or mulattoes, against the citizens of the Terri
tory, or any part of them, such person shall be
guilty of felony, and suffer DEATH
| Sec. 4. Ii any person shall entice, decoy, or
carry away, out of this Territory, any slave be-
longing to another, with intent to deprive the
owner thereof of the services Of such slave, or
with intent to effect or procure the freedom of
such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand
| larcency, and, on conviction thereof, shall suf.
fer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for
not less than ten years.
Sec. 3. If any person shall aid or assist in
enticing, decoying, or persuading, or carrying
away, or sending out of this Territory, any
| slave belonging to another, with intent to pro-
cure or effect the freedom of such slave, or with
|
vices of such slave, he shall be adiudged guilty
of grand larcency, and, on conviction thereof,
shall suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard
labor for not less than ten years.
Sec. 6. If any person shall entice, decoy, or
carry away, out of any State or other Territory
of the United States, any slave belonging to an
other, with intent to procure or effect the free
dom of such slave, or to deprive the owner
thereof Of the services of such slave, and shall
bring such slave into this Territory, be shall be
adjudged guilty of grand larceny in the same
manner as if such slave had been enticed, de-
cOyed, or carried away, out of this Territory
and in such case the larceny may be charged
to have been committed in any county of this
Territory, into or through which such slave
shall have been brought by such person, and,
on conviction thereof, the person offending shall
suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor
for not less than ten years.
Sec. Z. If any person shall entice, persuade,
or induce, any slave to escape from the service
Of his master or owner in this Territory or shall
aid or assist any slave in escaping from the ser.
vice of his master or owner, or shall aid, assist,
harbor, or conceal, any slave who may have es.
capped from the service of his master or owner,
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished
by Imprisonment at hard labor for term of
not less than five years.
Sec. 8. If any person in this Territory 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 per-
son shall be punished in like manner as if such
slave had escaped from the service of his mas.
ter or owner in this Territory.
Sec. 8. 1t any person shall resist any officer
while attempting to arrest any slave that may
have escaped from the service of his master or
owner, or shall rescue such slave when in Gus.
tody 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 slave in custody, whether
such slave have escaped from the service of his
master or owner in this Territory, or in any
other State or Territory, the person so offend.
ing shall be guilty of felony, and punished by
less than two years.
Sec. 10. If any marshal, sheriff, or constable,
or the deputy of any such officer, shall, when
required by any person, refuse to aid or assist
In the arrest and capture of any slave that NAV
have escaped from the service of his master or
owner, whether such slave shall have escaped
from his master or owner in this Territory or
any State or other Territory, such officer shall
be fined in sum of not less than one hun.
dred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Sec. III. If any person print, write, introduce
lhto, puUiiSu VI CiIcuiate OF cause TO be brought
into printed, written, published, or circulated
or shall knowingly aid or assist in bringing in.
to, printing, publishing, or circulating. within
. this Territory, any book, paper, pamphlet mag.
azine, handful, or circular, containing any state
ments, arguments, opinions, sentiment, doctrine,
advice, or innuendo, calculated to produce dis.
orderly, dangerous, or rebelIious disaffection
among the slaves in this Territory, or to induce
such slayes to escape from the service of Their
masters, or to resist their authority, he shall be
guilty of felony, and be punished BY imprison.
ment and hard labor for a term not less than
, five years.
Sec. II. If any free person, by speaking OF
by writing assert or maintain that persons have
not the right to hold slaves in this Territory. or
shall introduce into this Territory, print, pub
lish, write, circulate, or cause to be introduced
into this Territory, written, printed, published
or circulated in this Territory, any book, paper
magazine, pamphlet or circular, containing any
denial of the right of persons to hold slaves in
this Territory, such person shall be deemed
, guilty of felony, and punished by imprisonmeri
f at hard labor for term of not less than two
, years.
Sec. IL. No person who is conscientious,
opposed to holding slaves, or who does not ad