Suarez, de Legibus et Deo Legislatore, 9
(1), 14 (1), 15 (1), 29 (2), 36 (2),
158 (4).
Subject, of a right, 20.
alien and native, 48.
Subjection, an element of law, 48, 64.
Subjective and objective ideas of liberty,
38; of law, 78, 109 (1).
Suits for freedom, colonial statute, Del.,
292; S. C., 299, 303.
Sumner, Senator, 160 (4), 167 (2), 376
(4), 380 (3), 470 (1).
Superior, implied in law, 2.
Supremacy of Judiciary under the Const.,
430, 503.
Supreme power. See Sovereign power.
Swedish settlements.
Tacitus, Mores Germanorum, 158 (1).
Talbot, Lord, opinion on baptism of slave,
185 (2).
Taney, Chief Justice, on the rule of com-
ity, 74 (1); on the rights of the negro
race, 207(1); on the constitution secur-
ing personal rights and rights of pro-
perty, 463 (1); on the effect of the
Declaration of Ind. on status of ne-
groes, 471 (2); on power of Congress
over slavery in the Territories, 528-
530, 556.
Taxables, in colonial stat., Md., 251; N.
C., 294 (1).
Taylor, Elem. of Civil Law, 153 (1).
Temple, Sir W., Essay on Gov., 417 (2).
Tennyson, property in his writings, 583;
quoted, 587 (1).
Terms. See Phraseology.
Territorial extent of law, 22, 23.
Territories of the U. S., Sovereignty in,
411, 439, 589, and see Congress;
Dred Scott.
equality of the States in respect
to, the political doctrine, 554-558.
Territory acquired by Gov. of U. S., 410.
Testimony. See Negroes, Indians, Slaves.
Texas. See Compromise Measures.
Theft of one's self, 386 (1).
Theories of State sovereignty, 408.
Thibaut, System des Pandekten Rechts,
transl. by Lindley, 19 (2), 26 (2), 40
(2, 3), 97 (2), 380 (5).
Things, as objects of action, 19.
Thompson, Hist. of Long Island, 277 (2),
278 (3).
Thoulouse, case of slave at, 337; law re-
specting serfs, 339 (1).
Tithables, in statutes of Va., 230, 231,
236, 238, 242, 245; an indication of
status, 359.
Torture, in British colonies, 115 (2).
Tracy. See De Tracy.
Transit, international rule of, 345, 354,
365.
Transportation, English statutes regard-
ing, 219 (1).
of Indian captives, statute Va.,
241; of emancipated negroes, 237.
forbidden in certain cases,
statute Va., 239, 242; Md., 251,
252; S. C., 300.
Treaty of Utrecht, 175.
intercolonial, of the Dutch and
N. E. colonies, 268 (5).
with France for Louisiana. See
Catron.
whether part of the law of the U.
S., 590.
Tribaud, advocate, in case of Boucaut,
338 (2), 344 (1), 376 (2).
Tribunals, their province, 24; in applying
private international law, 33, 61, 67,
Trover, for slaves in England, 186, 188.
Trumbull, Hist. of Conn., 121 (1), 270 (1).
Trustees of Georgia, their exclusion of
slavery, 310 (1).
Tucker, St. George, in Va. Court of Ap-
peals, 526 (1); edition of Bl. Comm.,
208 (2), 223 (2), 225 (4), 245 (1),
400 (2), 405 (2), 408 (2).
H. St. G., Mem. of India Gov.,
154 (2), 216 (1).
Turner, Hist. of Anglo Saxons, 136 (3).
Twelve Tables, their origin, 144 (1); rule
of, in favor of liberty, 382 (1).
Ulpianus, maxim of, 405 (1).
Union of England with Scotland and Ire-
land, 317.
United Colonies of New England, articles
of compact, 268 (5); extent of arti-
cles respecting fugitives, 329, 331.
United States, Courts, Commissioners of.
See Commissioners.
the Constitution of the, referred to a
sovereign people, 394, 399.
the people of the, who are, 399–408.
powers belonging to, 424-427. See
Constitution, Government, People,
Courts, Judicial power.
laws of classified, 440, 457. See
national law, local law, internal law,
international law.
292; to have stock, Md., 253; S. C., |
301; to rent homes, S. C., 307; to
have arms and ammunition, Del.,
292; N. C., 296; S. C., 300, 304.
Slaves, runaway, N. Y., 279, 280; N. C.,
295; S. C., 297, 298, 300.
speaking defamatory words, Conn.,
272.
striking white persons. Va., 234,
244; Md., 253; Mass., 263; Conn.,
270; N. Y., 280; N. J., 284; S. C.,
300, 301, 306.
trading with, Mass., 262; Conn.,
270; N. Y., 280; N. J., 283; S. C.,
297, 300, 301; Ga., 311.
trial of, Va., 237, 238, 241, 244,
245; Md., 253; N. Y., 281., N. Y.,
283, 284, 285; Pa., 287; Del., 291;
N. C., 296; S. C., 297, 300, 301,
302, 305; Ga., 311.
stealing of, S. C., 297, 300, 308;
Ga., 311.
working time limited, S. C., 307.
who, declared, Va., 233, 235, 239,
243; Md., 249, 251, n., 252; Mass.,
260; N. Y., 278; S. C., 299, 303.
Smith, Compend. of Merc. L., 29 (2), 68
(1).
E. Fitch, Comm. on Const. and
Statutory Construction, 13 (3), 461
(1).
Dict. of Antiquities, 7 (3), 18 (1),
89 (1), 154 (1), 158 (2), 214 (1),
399 (2).
Hist. of N. Y., 124 (3).
Wealth of Nations, 126 (2).
Social compact. See Compact.
Somerset's case, Mansfield's opinion in,
189; the question of internal law,
191; of international law, 331, 370,
the decision justified, 373, 377.
Soto, de Justitia et de Jure, 156 (2), 176
(1).
South Carolina, qualified recognition of
law of England, 124; statute law of
colony, 297-309.
Sovereign power, 12; how held in the col-
onies, 120, 226, 127; how indivisible,
313; may be distributed, 314; dis-
tribution during the colonial period,
315;
its location after the Revolu-
tion, 395; location of, a question of
fact, 396; of the States and of the
nation, how manifested, 406; theory
of its distribution; 408; two essen-
tial forms of its investure, 417; that
reserved to the States, 425.
Sovereignty, term how used, 394 (1).
Spain, slavery of moors and negroes in,
162, 344 (2), 384.
Spelman's Glossary, 158 (1).
Spence's Equity Jurisdiction, 29 (1); In-
quiry, &c., 158 (2).
Spinoza, 2 (3), 7 (1), 43 (1).
Spooner, On the Unconstitutionality of
Slavery, 174 (2), 576 (1).
Staples, Annals of Providence, 276 (1).
Starkie's Evidence, 20 (1).
State, the, source of law, 5, 15; power of,
accordant with law of nature, 7.
State sovereignty, theories of, 408.
States of the Union, existence of at the
Revolution, 404; admission of new,
412; sovereignty of, recognized, 431;
meaning of term in the Const., 433;
international relation of, 447; resid-
uary powers of, 476; how restricted,
477; political people of each, 513.
State magistrates, their concurrent judi-
cial power, 501.
Status, 40 (2), 56; a topic of international
law, 63, 101; may be determined by
universal jurisprudence, 103; English
law of, 134; of Africans and Indians
in the colonies, 209, 322, 390; how
now determined by the several States,
483.
Statut, term how used by French authors,
99 (1).
Statutes, their constitutionality to be ex-
amined by judiciary, 113.
English recognizing negro slavery,
174, 209 (1); allowing transporta
ation of servants and criminals, 219
(1); effecting union of England, Scot-
land and Ireland, 317 (1).
abstract of the colonial, its object,
Stevens, Hist. of Georgia, 206 (3), 208
(2), 212 (2), 219 (4), 291 (1), 309
(2), 310 (1).
Stobæus, Florilegium, 43 (1).
Stokes, on the Constitution of the British
Colonies, 126 (2).
Story, Conflict of laws, 22 (1), 23 (1), 58
(1), 65 (1), 71, 74, 99. 109 (1); Com-
mentaries on Const., 117 (1), 119 (1,
2, 3, 5), 120 (4), 121 (2), 126 (1, 2),
196 (3), 204 (1), 209 (2), 223 (1),
227, 265 (1), 407 (4), 481 (3), 492
(2), 498 (1, 2), 499 (2), 500 (1), 504
(2); Art. Law, in Appendix to Ency.
Am., vol. vii., 4 (3), 5 (3), 25 (3), 32
(1), 429 (2); on Equity Jurisp., 31
(1); in Prigg's case, 500 (1), 501
(2), 561 (1).
Stowell, Lord, 6 (2), 193, 208 (2), 385 (3),
586, 587.
Stroud, Sketch of Slave Laws, 226 (2),
249 (1), 251 (2), 306 (2), 527 (1).
Suarez, de Legibus et Deo Legislatore,
(1), 14 (1), 15 (1), 29 (2), 36 (2),
158 (4).
Subject, of a right, 20.
alien and native, 48.
Subjection, an element of law, 48, 64.
Subjective and objective ideas of liberty,
38; of law, 78, 109 (1).
Suits for freedom, colonial statute, Del.,
292; S. C., 299, 303.
Sumner, Senator, 160 (4), 167 (2), 376
(4), 380 (3), 470 (1).
Superior, implied in law, 2.
Tithables, in statutes of Va., 230, 231,
236, 238, 242, 245; an indication of
status, 359.
Torture, in British colonies, 115 (2).
Tracy. See De Tracy.
Transit, international rule of, 345, 354,
365.
Transportation, English statutes regard-
ing, 219 (1).
of Indian captives, statute Va.,
of emancipated negroes, 237.
forbidden in certain cases,
statute Va., 239, 242; Md., 251,
252; S. C., 300.
Supremacy of Judiciary under the Const., Treaty of Utrecht, 175.
See Sovereign power.
See Danish.
Tacitus, Mores Germanorum, 158 (1).
Talbot, Lord, opinion on baptism of slave,
185 (2).
Taney, Chief Justice, on the rule of com-
ity, 74 (1); on the rights of the negro
race, 207(1); on the constitution secur-
ing personal rights and rights of pro-
perty, 463 (1); on the effect of the
Declaration of Ind. on status of ne-
groes, 471 (2); on power of Congress
over slavery in the Territories, 528-
530, 556.
Taxables, in colonial stat., Md., 251; N.
Taylor, Elem. of Civil Law, 153 (1).
Temple, Sir W., Essay on Gov., 417 (2).
Tennyson, property in his writings, 583;
quoted, 587 (1).
Terms. See Phraseology.
Territorial extent of law, 22, 23.
Territories of the U. S., Sovereignty in,
411, 439, 589, and see Congress;
Dred Scott.
equality of the States in respect
to, the political doctrine, 554-558.
Territory acquired by Gov. of U. S., 410.
Testimony. See Negroes, Indians, Slaves.
Texas. See Compromise Measures.
Theft of one's self, 386 (1).
Theories of State sovereignty, 408.
Thibaut, System des Pandekten Rechts,
transl. by Lindley, 19 (2), 26 (2), 40
(2, 3), 97 (2), 380 (5).
Things, as objects of action, 19.
Thompson, Hist. of Long Island, 277 (2),
278 (3).
Thoulouse, case of slave at, 337; law re-
specting serfs, 339 (1).
intercolonial, of the Dutch and
N. E. colonies, 268 (5).
with France for Louisiana. See
Catron.
whether part of the law of the U.
S., 590.
Tribaud, advocate, in case of Boucaut,
338 (2), 344 (1), 376 (2).
Tribunals, their province, 24; in applying
private international law, 33, 61, 67,
Trover, for slaves in England, 186, 188.
Trumbull, Hist. of Conn., 121 (1), 270 (1).
Trustees of Georgia, their exclusion of
slavery, 310 (1).
Tucker, St. George, in Va. Court of Ap-
peals, 526 (1); edition of Bl. Comm.,
208 (2), 223 (2), 225 (4), 245 (1),
400 (2), 405 (2), 408 (2).
H. St. G., Mem. of India Gov.,
154 (2), 216 (1).
Turner, Hist. of Anglo Saxons, 136 (3).
Twelve Tables, their origin, 144 (1); rule
of, in favor of liberty, 382 (1).
Ulpianus, maxim of, 405 (1).
Union of England with Scotland and Ire-
land, 317.
United Colonies of New England, articles
of compact, 268 (5); extent of arti-
cles respecting fugitives, 329, 331.
United States, Courts, Commissioners of.
See Commissioners.
the Constitution of the, referred to a
sovereign people, 394, 399.
the people of the, who are, 399–408.
-, powers belonging to, 424-427.
Constitution, Government, People,
Courts, Judicial power.
laws of classified, 440, 457. See
national law, local law, internal law,
international law.
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Voluntary association in foundation of N.
E. Governments, 120, 265 (1), 267.
See Martens.
Universal extent of law, described, 51, 80;
criterion for it, 96; how shown in in-
ternational law, 105.
Universal attribution of rights, 51. See Von Martens.
Rights.
Universal jurisprudence defined, 17, 29;
origin of, 85; is mutable, 36; enters
into public law, 45, 152 (2); may
sustain the effects of foreign laws,
88; is a part of the law of every
state, 16, 88; how the same as natu-
ral law, 93; how ascertained, 16, 93;
distinguished from law of universal
personal extent, 91-95; some of its
principles may have limited personal
extent, 103; recognition of, in Eng-
lish law, 139, 142; the exposition
of, in Roman law, 143; derived from
Christian nations, 155; supporting
slavery in antiquity, 154; how modi-
fied by Christianity, 156; how sup-
porting slavery of African heathens,
164, 170-188; its farther modifica-
tion in respect to slavery, 188, 324,
353-357, 364; applied in the colonies
to Indians and Africans, 202, 206;
how now a standard of property un-
der the Constitution of the U. S.,
Utilitarian school of jurists, 6 (1).
Van der Linden, Institutes of the Laws of
Holland, 277 (2).
Van Leeuwen, Comm. on Roman-Dutch
Law, 277 (2).
Vattel, Law of Nations, 3 (1), 46 (1), 313
(2), 345.
Vaughan, Ch. J., 27 (2).
Verdelin's slaves. See Boucaut.
Vico, Giambatista, 144 (1).
Victoria, Francis, 204 (2).
Vienna, Congress of Allied Powers at,
418 (1).
Villenage in England, 136; could not ex-
ist in the colonies by common law, 137.
Viner's Abridgment, 27 (2).
Vinnius, Commentaries, 30 (1), 147 (1),
150 (1), 158 (4), 159 (1), 167 (3).
Virgil, Æneid, 147 (3); Moretum, 161 (1).
Virginia. See Charters. Statute law of the
colony, 228-247; introduction of ne-
gro slavery, 205.
House of Burgesses, Petition of
1772, 225 (4), 245 (1); Declaration of
Rights, 246; Committee Report 1799,
on the Alien and Sedition Laws, 123 (2).
Voet, de Statutis, 72 (1).
Wade, History of the Middle and Working
Classes, 135 (1), 136 (3, 4), 137 (4),
159 (1), 471 (1); British Chronology,
188 (2).
Waechter, in Archiv für die Civ. Praxis,
22 (1), 59 (1), 78 (1), 89 (1), 97 (2),
99 (4), 100 (1), 109 (1), 113.
Waldeck's Institutes, 152 (1).
Walker's Theory of Common Law, 141.
Wallon, Hist. de l'Esclavage dans l'Anti-
quité, 154 (3), 156 (4), 157 (1).
Walsh's Appeal, &c., 205 (3), 208 (2), 219
(3, 4), 225 (4), 370 (2).
Walter, Lehrbuch d. Kirchen Rechts, 157
(1).
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War, a source of slavery, 150, 151.
Ward's Hist. of Law of Nations, 157 (1),
158 (4), 159 (2).
Warwick, Earl of, charter to, 273 (3).
Washburn, Jud. Hist. of Mass., 231 (1);
Paper on Slavery in Mass., 264, (1).
Wayne, Mr. Justice, in Dred Scott's case,
on the Missouri Compromise, 531.
Webster, Daniel, Speech in Senate U. S.,
7 March, 1850, 154 (2), 164 (2); in
the Rhode Island Controversy, 413
(2); on extension of the constitution
to the Territories, 423 (1).
Wentworth, commission to, 265 (1), 266 (1).
Wesenbecius, Comm., 19 (3).
Wheaton, El. of Internat. Law, 9 (1), 10
(1), 34 (1), 57 (1), 93 (3), 145 (1),
147 (3), 152 (2), 176 (1); Hist. of
Law of Nations, 145 (1), 152 (2),
175 (1), 176 (1), 204 (2); in Revue
Franc. et Etrang., 161 (2).
Whéwell, Elem. of Mor. and Pol., 5 (1), 9
(1), 15 (4), 24 (1), 36 (2), 47 (2), 130
(2).
White persons, power of State Govern-
ments to enslave, 527.
their intercourse with blacks. See
Illicit Intercourse, Intermarriage.
Wickliff, doctrine attributed to, 179 (2).
Wicquefort, l'Ambassadeur, 336.
Wildman, International Law, 9 (1).
Wilkins, Leges Sax., 137 (2).
Williams, Elisha, in N. Y. Cons. Conv.,
413 (2).
Williamson, Hist. of N. C., 294 (1).
Wilmot, Ch. J. on customary law, 27 (2).
Winthrop, Hist. of N. E., 261 (1).
Word of God, in Mass. statutes, 259, 260;
Wood's Civil Law, 1 (2); Institutes, 29 Yorke, Lord Chan. Hardwicke, opinion re-
(1), 381 (2).
specting slaves being in England, and
baptized, 185.
Wooddeson, Lectures, 27 (2).
Woolsey, T. D., Presd., on Libertini, 214 Young, Chronicles of Massachusetts, 122
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