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PART THE R E L A T I O N OF M A S T E R

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C H A P T E R I. S LAVE-OWNERSHIP. fundamental Idea of modern Slaveholdinjr, namely, the assumed p rinciple of Human Chattelhood, or Property in Man, constituting the relation of Owner and Property, of Master and Slave ... CHAPTER II.

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S LAVE TRAFFIC. Sale, Purchase, Barter, Mortgage, Auction, Coffle-gang, Shipments    as absolutely as in the case of any other Property, and by the same Tenure C H A P T E R III. S EIZURE O F S LAVE PROPERTY F OR D EBT. A s Property, Slaves may be seized and sold to pay the Debts of their Owners, while living, or for the Settlement of their Estates after their Decease _ ,. , ,.:
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CHAPTER IV. I X11ERITAKCE O F S LAVE PROPERTY.    Vjtjlaveb, as Property, are transmitted by Inheritance, or by Will, to HeirsPJvl; fct-law or Legatees. In the distribution of Estates they are d istributed like other Property

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