...involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof a party shall have been duly convicted ; provided always...lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming him or her labor, as aforesaid." That is, at eighteen, on top of the impressions derived from his study...

...not involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided...her labor or service as aforesaid. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the resolutions of the 23d of April, 1784, relative to the subject of...

...slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. 2 " " Resolution of Congress on Public Lands (October 10, 1780), in Documents of American History,...

...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided...and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor aforesaid."150 Such actions reflected a growing trend among lawmakers in the North to try to link slavery...

...prohibited slavery in the area north of the Ohio River. It contained, however, the following exception: "Provided, always, That any person escaping into the...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid, ' ' Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787, Art. 6 (1 Stat. 51n). This provision was repeated in a modified...

...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid [emphasis added].10 Here the rendition of fugitive slaves is limited to the original states. As Lincoln...

...punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, that'any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid. Done by the United States, in Congress assembled, the thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord...

...the Northwest Territory the awkwardly phrased proviso "that any person escaping into the [territory], from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in...claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." On August 29, Butler of South Carolina tried again, offering this suggestion to the Constitutional...

...nor involuntary servitude in the said Territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : provided...claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive maybe lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid....

...nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided...her labor or service as aforesaid. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the resolutions of the 23rd of April, 1784, relative to the subject of...