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KANSAS. 
of Kansas,” furnished to Congress, on its requisition, by President 
Pierce, and printed as “ Exec. Doc. 234.” 
u CHAPTER CLI. —SLAVES. 
££ An Act to punish Offences against Slave-property. 
§ 1. Persons raising insurrection punishable with death. 
2. Aider punishable with death. 
3. What constitutes felony. 
4. Punishment for decoying away slaves. 
5. Punishment for assisting slaves. 
6. What deemed grand larceny. 
7. What deemed felony. 
8. Punishment for concealing slaves. 
9. Punishment for rescuing slaves from officer. 
10. Penalty on officer who refuses to assist in capturing slaves. 
11. Printing of incendiary documents. 
12. What deemed a felony. 
13. Who are qualified as jurors. 
“ Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the 
Territory of Kansas , as follows : 
“ Section 1. That every person, bond or free, who shall be con¬ 
victed of actually raising a rebellion or insurrection of slaves, free 
negroes or mulattoes, in this territory, shall suffer death. 
“ Sec. 2. Every free person who shall aid or assist in any 
rebellion or insurrection of slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, or 
shall furnish arms, or do any overt act in furtherance of such rebel¬ 
lion or insurrection, shall suffer death. 
“ Sec. 3. If any free person shall, by speaking, writing or print¬ 
ing, advise, persuade or induce, any slaves to rebel, conspire against 
or murder any citizen of this territory, or shall bring into, print, 
write, publish, or circulate, or cause to be brought into, printed, 
written, published or circulated, or shall knowingly aid or assist in 
the bringing into, printing, writing, publishing or circulating, in this 
territory, any book, paper, magazine, pamphlet or circular, for the 
purpose of exciting insurrection, rebellion, revolt or conspiracy on 
the part of the slaves, free negroes or mulattoes, against the citi¬ 
zens of the territory or any part of them, such person shall be 
guilty of felony, and suffer death. 
