_Statutes at Large_, IV. 670, 671.
~1836, March 17. Texas: African Slave-Trade Prohibited.~
Constitution of the Republic of Texas: General Provisions:--
Sec. 9. All persons of color who were slaves for life before coming to
Texas shall remain so. "Congress shall pass no laws to prohibit
emigrants from bringing their slaves into the republic with them, and
holding them by the same tenure by which such slaves were held in the
United States; ... the importation or admission of Africans or negroes
into this republic, excepting from the United States of America, is
forever prohibited, and declared to be piracy." _Laws of the Republic of
Texas_ (Houston, 1838), I. 19.
~1836, Dec. 21. Texas: Slave-Trade made Piracy.~
"An Act supplementary to an act, for the punishment of Crimes and
Misdemeanors."
Sec. 1. "_Be it enacted_ ..., That if any person or persons shall introduce
any African negro or negroes, contrary to the true intent and meaning of
the ninth section of the general provisions of the constitution, ...
except such as are from the United States of America, and had been held
as slaves therein, be considered guilty of piracy; and upon conviction
thereof, before any court having cognizance of the same, shall suffer
death, without the benefit of clergy."
Sec. 2. The introduction of Negroes from the United States of America,
except of those legally held as slaves there, shall be piracy.
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