| Maryland constitutional amendments regarding slavery:
Declaration of Rights, Article 24, Constitution of 1864: "That hereafter, in this State, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; and all persons held to service or labor as slaves are hereby declared free.
Article III, Sec. 36, Constitution of 1864: "The General Assembly shall pass no law, nor make any appropriation to compensate the masters or claimants of slaves emancipated from servitude by the adoption of this Constitution."
Article 24, Constitution of 1867: "That slavery shall not be re-established in this State; but, having been abolished, under the policy and authority of the United States, compensation, in consideration thereof, is due from the United States."
Chapter 681, Acts of 1977 repealed article 24 of the Declaration of Rights because it was obsolete.
The same act deleted (p. 2759): [37. The General Assembly shall pass no Law providing for payment by this State, for Slaves emancipated from servitude in this State; but they shall adopt such measures, as they may deem expedient, to obtain from the United States, compensation for such Slaves, and to receive, and distribute the same, equitably, to the persons entitled.]
Approved April 26, 1977. |
