1641
Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 December 1864
(ed; 14 inches)
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p.2, col.2
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1641 - L. Dec. 12; ed:2/2 - Signs exhibited in Kentucky promise to
place it in the list of free states before many years. Among the latest
developments is the call for the Union state convention to organize
the Union party on a stronger anti-slavery basis. The constitution of
Kentucky provides that slaves cannot be freed without their owner's
consent, or the payment of the full value of the slaves. The slave
hoiders are urged, therefore, to signify their desire for the emanci-
pation of Negroes in the coming kentucky legislature.
A clause in the constitution requiring deportation of slaves from
the state is regarded as not applying to the mode of emancipation by
consent of slave holders. -
"It is all nonsense to think of deporting all blacks to Africa; we
need them in this country as laborers. Men might as well talk about
deportation of mules and horses." (14)