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War between the
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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 |
ART. 4. For the better security of the peace and friendship
now entered into by the contracting parties, against all infractions of the same, by the
citizens of either party, to the prejudice of the other, neither party shall proceed to
the infliction of punishments on the citizens of the other, otherwise than by securing the
offender, or offenders, by imprisonment, or any other competent means, till a fair and
impartial trial can be had by judges or juries of both parties, as near as can be, to the
laws, customs, and usage's of the contracting parties, and natural justice: the mode of
such trials to be hereafter fixed by the wise men of the United States, in congress
assembled, with the assistance of such deputies of the Delaware nation, as may be
appointed to act in concert with them in adjusting this matter to their mutual liking. And
it is further agreed between the parties aforesaid, that neither shall entertain, or give
countenance to, the enemies of the other, or protect, in their respective states, criminal
fugitives, servants, or slaves, but the same to apprehend and secure, and deliver to the
state or states, to which such enemies, criminals, servants, or slaves, respectively
below. |
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