Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-02
Aaail,s III Aansas.
Gan Act to Punish O1iehses
against Slave Properly.

nor and Legislative Assembly Vi uie Aei
ritory Of Kansas, That every person, 6on'
or fyee who shall be convicted of actual.
ra;s;n,y a rebellion of slaves, free negroes
or muIattoes, in this Territory, shall sn6ei
death -,
aSec. 2. Every free person who shal
aid and assist in any rebellion or insunec
ton of SLAVES, free negroes, or mulattoes
or shall furnish arms, or do any overt ac
in furthelance of such rebellion or insur
rcction, shall suffer death.
''Sec. 8. If any free person shall, BY
SPEAKING, WRITING, or PRINT
ING, advise, persuade or induce any slare
to rebel or censpire against any citizen o
this Territory, or shall bring into, print
write, publish, or circulate, or cause TO b
brought into, printed, written, published
or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or as
sist in the bringing into, printing, writing
publishing, or circulating, in this Territory
any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet, O
circular, for the purpose of exciting insur
rection on the pert of the siores, free ne
groes, or mulattoes, or any part of them
such person shall be guilty Of felony, ana
suffer death.
"Sec. 4. If any person shall entice, de,
coy, or carry away out of this Territory,
any slaves belonging to another, with the
intent to deprive The owner thereof of the
services of such slaves, or with intent to
effect or procure the freedom of slaves, he
shall be adjudgad guilty of grand larceny,
and, on conviction thereof, shall suffer
death, or be imprisoned at hard labor for
not less than ten gears.
"Sec. 5. If any person aid or assists in
enticing, decoying, or persuading, or car
rying away, or sending out of this Terri.
tory, any Stare 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 sut-
fer death, or be imprisoned at hard labor
for not less than ten years.
"Sec. 6. If any person shall entice, de-
coy, or carry away, out of any State or
Territory of the United States, any slave
belonging to another, WITH THE IN
TENT TO PROCURE OR EFFECT
THE FREEDOM OF SUCH SLAVE,
or to deprive the owner thereof of the
services Of such SLAVE, into this Terri
tory, into this Territory, he shall be ad-
Judged guilty Of grand larceny, in the same
manner as if such slave had been enticed;
decoyed, or carried away, out of the Ter
ritory; and in such case the larceny may
be charged to have been committed in any
of this Territory, into or through
which such SLAVE shall have been
brought by such person; and, on convic-
tion thereof the person offending shall
suffer death, or be imprisoned at hard
labor for not less than ten gears.
@Sec. I. 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 escaping from the service of his
master or oscner, or shall assist, harbor or
conceal any SLAVE who may have es-
capped from the service of his master or
owner, he shall be deemed guilty of felony,
AND PUNISHED BY IMPRISON-
MENT AT HARD LABOR FOR NOT
LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
@Sec. 6. 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 persons shall be punished
in like manner as if such slave he'd escaped
from the service of his master or owner in
this Territory.
a'Sec. 8. If any person shall resist any
officer while attempting to arrest any
SLAVE who may have 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 entice,
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 has es-
,aped from the service of his master or
owner in this Territory or in any other
State or Territory, the person so offending
SHALL BE GUILTY OF FELONY,
AND PUNISHED BY IMPRISON-
MENT AT HARD LABOR FOR A
TERM NOT LESS THAN TWO
YEARS.
"Sec. 10. If any marshal, sheriff, or
or the deputy of any such off
,er, shall, when required by any person,
refuse to aid or assist in the arrest and
capture of any slave that may have es-
.aped 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 offender shall be fined in sum of not
ass than one hundred nor more than five
hundred dollars.
-Sec. IL. If any person print, write,
into, publish, or circulate, or
,ause to be brought into, printed, written,
published or circulated, or shall knowing-
y aid or assist in bringing into, printing,
publishing or circulating, within this Ter
-itory, any book, paper, pamphlet, maga-
zine, hand-bill, or circular, containing any
STATEMENT, ARGUMENT, OPIN-
ION, SENTIMENT, DOCTRINE, AD-
VICE, OR INUENDO, calculated to pro-
luce a DISAFFECTION among the
SLAVES in this Territory, or to induce
'uch SLAVES to escape from the service
If their masters, or resist their authority,
He SHALL BE GUILTY OF FELO-
NY, AND BE PUNISHED BY I'M
AT HARD LABOR |
FOR A TERM NOT LESS THAN
FIVE YEARS.
"Sec. IL. Jany free person, by speak
ing or writing, assert or maintain that per-