Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-11-18


1 subieoi
IS tha aegra ~ u S6u.h g&roliaa, the la
/ 5si 81 slave Is isDit41 to ffteen hours in
sEeaig-four, fer psrt Of tue ysar, and fourteen
5oura during the remainder, aha for breach
q the law tae master may iucur penalty Of
tEeaay paaa3s earrent money. The aot Of
l.oa.sl-na giess the slave hall an hour for
breakfast and an hour and bah for dinper.
OF half an hear less f0r dinner where II il pre-
pared for bin.
ScDe Of the Ssatss have enaotinents respect
ioy the food OF slave. Ia Louisiana the
raster must give each negro barrel Of Ia
( diAn earn ap4 pin Of SAL per month. In
NORA Garoiiot, il the mastef d9c5 nos give
bis -.aze 5 qasft Of corn per day. DO must an
avef .oT what lie aiay steal fTon. tlird parry.
S3ria GaFo.iaa provides q remedy for the
. sargiag Of n slave, By complaint Of taird
person to s.la nearest justice, Who may order
relief and Impose fne Other Staies'hAvs
not lsei-l4ted Gpoa the subjoot.
IN ,uest Of the southern States the fiful,
u.1lie,ous, and preali1ated killing Of . SLAVE is
eapitsl crime. "a missouri tie offence Of
seprigiag of iise or disnemboTug slave is
gen;sAsL!q es II Committed upon a free waite
person. So IL Tennessee. 80 also in Ge0r-
:
cegtiol that waaG the injury results from iaU-
fri caagtissagenf ol the slave, the 0aust uluss
direct an acquittal.
TIE various jeiicial decisions Of these
( States mast ba consulted 20 diseoyer IN what
Awlu. cllas.iselcaat consists.
Ia Sout5 Caroijaa tha maF3er Ok = slave Is
capital, 8hii- kiljsg il su4deu beat or passion,
IS punished b . fue Of fge huudred dollars
aad Imprisonment not exceeding SIX months
Ibe penalty Ter natilation a tie same Stale
is tae et bunlFed pounds current money.
IL Loa;slana the tiaa i4-y be tige hundred dol
isrs. Ia Mississippi the same. Ia Alabama
II is but GIG bunared dollars, and it differs inr
e.her Sts;as, willie in one 40 law fer the pso-
tee,iaa c{ Gas lisa or linlb of ssssas has IS yet
is ea sa4ess3.
Il Ge5rgie, /; sl:se is permitted to hue
liItaseli = aneihs7 for BIS own benefit, tae mas
t ter may be foed thirty dollars So also in
Kentucky, witb slight difference Ia Viz
-IBa tie liue is nct less thaa ten nor mere thar.
I thirty inilars. Ia Iaryl3nd the fine is twenty
dollars. but twenty days hiring in harvest IS
permitted, Different regulations may BE found
ia the ceGes Of ether States
Is Louisiana : !aw exists to prevent the via-
Isn't separation is sale Of ps.euts fE9m their
children. IL ;se other States there IS 40 such
.st..c.i9a oG tie pawes Cf the master, aad this
=. ael : daily prseliceG. In the saius State
t4s7a Is ESQ a partial restrain, imposed upon
! The ssl- Of slaves by process u las for tie
debt q tba master.
Ia u.osg # ihe Stefes every negro is presu-
ned 10 BE- be sl5ga until he proves that he is
lsse. 10 Nerth Carolina this presumption IS
caldnel Q negroes Of TIE Whole blood Those
Of mixed o.ool are presumed to * free until
TIC coutrary is progel.
L SJatl go.iua ery white person fouad
EEi.fT O. tsEehag SLAVE TO read eg write may
ae aas. o aaE!sea 25lI,rs aal imprisoned
GO. a-2:e t4-l * G39nsas. IL Virginia tho
psAa.,y Is lie ssme. Sa ia Georgia, fer tsacd-
tag sl2Te % read o- write, Or allowing him TO
transact Jusue n writing In North Caro-
Ian there is a Ike penalty, end i IS also i'r-
passd tof selling O. girj1s books or pamphlets
to slave. Ia L9aisisaa the offender may be
Imprisoned f3t twelve m1a,hs. Ia Alabama
;as peua.;y isa Ga5 Of rot less than two hau
! dred end fits, Or iu9ce thaa five Lundrad dol,
lars Ias laws oi hea: lucky, Tennessee aud
Missouri are, We believe. silent upon the sub
! joct. IN Virginia tie oDneys Of slaves may
! instEue: then as carefully as they please. Tie
unhappy slave who IS Ire recipient Of Illegal
education is punished in different ways in the
several 2;aies, reaehiDg iD North Carolina to
'',h!riy !ashes on ks or Ter 6Rre back"
Ia aeorgia, Il a slave shall strike any free
white parsou, f9r the frs; offence he may be
punished by tbs justices as they iu ther dis
erection tdiGk e., not extending to life or limb,
and for the second offence the penalty is dsath
In South Carolina tbs penalty Is death for the
third o6euea. In Maryland the offender is to
.ecelre thirty lasAes On lis or her bare back,
ael laid oa.
Tho penal codes Of the slave states are much
ia0Ec ssTeye on slaves than white persons,
sigdt offences being punished with terrible
viadietTonsss. In every case the severity is
Justified 2y ths Leg;si,iiTe &pd Judiciary pow
er, Oh tas ground shat saeh euactments are
neede3 % restrain the negroes 10 their servIle
coh9l.ioa, aud are indeed essential 10 tho very
existence Of Ge Institution of slavery. Ia
tho Criminal code 0. Virginia moro than sixty
offences are enumaratod Of 8hlch the penalty
when eomuiisicd by Slsvss is death.
Mag otaeF egaetaigats might be qnVtsl to
illustrate toe differences Of the slave codes of
the several stAtes, dedung aad Initiating the
! Tlgh;s Of tue master and his tea.edies for any
| Invasion OF them. Slavery is one thing 10
Virginia aud IN louisiana il is another.
We hage now 10 ask, what would it be il a
Territory Of the Uailed States Judge Black
says that toe Virginia master who carries lis
slave into Territory retains all tue rights he
possessed under the code os Virginia. He
compares hIm to an cniigraut who takes Into
Nebraska The ox-ieam which he purchased II
/ OHIO. Bot The cases are not the same
Neilher the laws Of Virginia, nor Of any other
I slave State, give the master the same right Of