Florida
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury
A U.S. state whose statutory juror qualifications or selection method are surveyed as part of the author's state-by-state argument that American juries are generally illegal.
In Florida, they are required to be “householders.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
A former Spanish territory ceded to the United States, later a state, discussed regarding its treaty of cession.
The cession of Florida to the United States was made on the same terms.
Of all the State constitutions existing at this time, 1845, (excepting that of Florida, which I have not seen,) not one of them contains provisions that are sufficient, (or that would be sufficient if not restrained by the constitution of the United States,) to authorize the slavery that exists in the States.