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Genius Of Liberty
Lowell, La Salle County, Illinois
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South Carolina Legislature passed acts restricting slave transport by New York citizens, preventing emancipation, criminalizing unlawful whipping of slaves, and resolutions supporting Virginia against New York.
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An act to prevent the citizens of New York from carrying slaves, or persons held to service, out of this State, and to prevent the escape of persons charged with the commission of any crime.
An act to prevent the emancipation of slaves and other persons.
An act to make the unlawful whipping or beating of a slave an indictable offense.
Resolutions relative to the controversy between New York and Virginia, strongly sympathizing with the latter, were reported by the Committee of the Senate on Federal Relations.
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South Carolina
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Late Session
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The Legislature passed acts to prevent citizens of New York from carrying slaves or persons held to service out of the state and to prevent escape of persons charged with crimes; to prevent emancipation of slaves and other persons; to make unlawful whipping or beating of a slave an indictable offense; and resolutions sympathizing with Virginia in its controversy with New York, reported by the Senate Committee on Federal Relations.