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Report of and Testimony (Volume 11 ) by United States Congress Joint States
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Author: United States Congress Joint States
Page Count: 442 pages
Published Date: 13 Jan 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235291029
Download Link: Report of and Testimony (Volume 11 )
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Witness. I think so too. I state the law only from memory, and my recollection may not be perfect. By the Chairman, (Mr. Poland: ) Question. It is not expected that you will give anythmg more than a general statement of the law. Answer. I will state, generally, that the laws were very unfriendly to the negroes. Under the provision to which I have j ust referred, the negro could be punished for keeping a school, or for attending a school, or any religious or any other kind of meeting. I never knew any to be punished under this law; but it could have been done. The laws for binding out apprentices and regulating labor were very harshly enforced, and so were the laws in respect to the possession of fire-arms. Most of these laws were repealed or modified by the same legislature which passed them; but not until after the passage of the civil-rights bill by Congress, and not until the military commanders of that region had forbidden the enforcement of those laws, and not until cases had been transferred from the courts of the State to the courts of the United States. Question. Under the civil-rights bill? Answer. Yes, sir. The county courts and inferior tribunals declared the civil-rights bill to be unconstitutional, and refused to enforce it or be governed by it; but the cases were in some instances taken out of the hands of those courts and carried to the Federal courts. I took one or two cases of that sort into the Federal courts. Question. What was the result of that legislation and the action which was had under it, as to the actual condition of the colored people? Answer. The legislation of the State of which I have just been speaking was deplorable in its effects upon the colored people. The right to vote, the various measures which have been passed by Congress...
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Report of and Testimony (Volume 11 ) by United States Congress Joint States
Author: United States Congress Joint States
Page Count: 442 pages
Published Date: 13 Jan 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235291029
Download Link: Report of and Testimony (Volume 11 )
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Witness. I think so too. I state the law only from memory, and my recollection may not be perfect. By the Chairman, (Mr. Poland: ) Question. It is not expected that you will give anythmg more than a general statement of the law. Answer. I will state, generally, that the laws were very unfriendly to the negroes. Under the provision to which I have j ust referred, the negro could be punished for keeping a school, or for attending a school, or any religious or any other kind of meeting. I never knew any to be punished under this law; but it could have been done. The laws for binding out apprentices and regulating labor were very harshly enforced, and so were the laws in respect to the possession of fire-arms. Most of these laws were repealed or modified by the same legislature which passed them; but not until after the passage of the civil-rights bill by Congress, and not until the military commanders of that region had forbidden the enforcement of those laws, and not until cases had been transferred from the courts of the State to the courts of the United States. Question. Under the civil-rights bill? Answer. Yes, sir. The county courts and inferior tribunals declared the civil-rights bill to be unconstitutional, and refused to enforce it or be governed by it; but the cases were in some instances taken out of the hands of those courts and carried to the Federal courts. I took one or two cases of that sort into the Federal courts. Question. What was the result of that legislation and the action which was had under it, as to the actual condition of the colored people? Answer. The legislation of the State of which I have just been speaking was deplorable in its effects upon the colored people. The right to vote, the various measures which have been passed by Congress...
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