Georgia
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The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
American colony/state noted for adopting a nearly identical slave statute in 1770.
These were the only general statutes, under which slaves were held in those four States, (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia,) at the time of the revolution.
The same law, in nearly the same words, was passed in Georgia, in 1770.
The constitution of Georgia (adopted in 1777) evidently uses the word “free” in this sense, in the following article:
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
One of the original states whose constitution is quoted to show that the term 'state' consistently denotes a sovereign, self-governing political society.
“Members of the legislature shall swear to promote the good of the state, to bear true allegiance to the same, and to observe the constitution.
In short, the representatives from Georgia in congress might legislate as to the local and internal concerns of Massachusett’s bay.
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 Georgia, the jurors are to be selected by “the justices of the inferior courts of each county, together with the sheriff and clerk, or a majority of them.
In Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, and Georgia, jurors are required to have the qualifications of “electors.