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TERRITORY OF KANSAS.
An Actto Punish Offences against Slave
-A'.t" Property.

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SECTION j.. 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 rebellion or insur-
rection of SLAVES, free negroes or mu-
lattoes in this Territory, SHALL SUI
FER DEATH.
SECT. g. Every free person who shall
aid an assist in any rebellion or insur-
rection of SLAVES, free negroes or mu-
lattoes, or shall furnish arms, or do any
over act in furtherapce of such rebel
lion or instruction, SHALL SUFFER
DEATH.
SECT. 8. If any free person shall. by
SPEAKING, WRITING, or PRINT
ING, advise, persuade OF 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-
zlne, 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 Teri itory,
or any part of them, such person SHALL
BE GUILTY OF FELONY, AND SUI
FER DEATH.
Seer. 4. II 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.
Seer. s. 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. Ifsany 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 bad
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, or
conviction thereof the person so offend
ing gaSHALL SUFFER DEATH, OF
BE IMPRISONED AT HARD LABOF
FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS
Seer. 7. If any person shall entice
persuade or induce any SLAVE to es
cape from the service of his master o
owner in this Territory, or shall aid o
assist any SLAVE escaping from the ser
vice of his master or oaCner, or shall as
sist, harbor or conceal any SLAVE VIII
may have escaped from the service of hi
master or owner, he shall be deeme,
guilty of felony, AND PUNISHED b
IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOl
FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS
SEor. 8. If any person in this Terri
tory shall aid or assist, harbor or conces
any SLAVE who has escaped from tn
service of his master or owner in anothe
State or Territory. such person shall
punished in like manner as if such slay
had escaped from the service of his ma
ter or owner in this Territory. II
Sect. 9. If any person shall resi-
any officer while attempting to arrest ar
SLAVE that may have escaped from tt
service of his master or owner, or shs
rescue such SLAVE when in custody
any officer or other person, or shall e