South Carolina
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The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
American colony/state whose 1740 slave statute is analyzed and found legally deficient.
In South Carolina, the only statutes, prior to the revolution, that attempted to designate the slaves, was passed in 1740—after slavery had for a long time existed.
In 1704 South Carolina passed an act entitled, “An act for making aliens free of this part of the Province.
The constitution of South Carolina, (formed in 1778,) uses the word “free” in a sense which may, at first thought, be supposed to be different from that in which it is used in the preceding cases:
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.
The style of process shall be “The state of South Carolina, and conclude against the peace and dignity of the state.
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.
How jurors are appointed, and what are their qualifications, in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Kentucky, Iowa, Texas, and California, I know not.