[792] For the text of the Slave Laws, see Appendix A, pp. 359-366.

[793] Marion G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, pp. 43 and 44, with the references there given; Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, Vol. II, pp. 304, 305. See Appendix B, p. 372.

[794] 7 Cushing's Reports, 287. The constitutional requirement will be found in Article III, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

[795] 5 McLean's Reports, 481.

[796] 3 Wisconsin Reports, 39.

[797] 6 McLean's Reports, 359.

[798] 9 Ohio State Reports, 176.

[799] 3 Wisconsin Reports, 64.

[800] 6 McLean's Reports, 359, 360.

[801] Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, Vol. II, p. 747.