Assertion: slave's right | /r/HasProperty | sacred
Facets:
value: to the slave-holding states
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by the federal government
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In January 1837 the Illinois legislature passed a resolution declaring that they "highly disapprove of the formation of abolition societies", that "the right of property in slaves is sacred to the slave-holding States by the Federal Government, and that they cannot be deprived of that right without their consent", and that "the General Government cannot abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, against the will of the citizens of said District."[citation needed]