THE LAW.

OF

FREEDOM AND BONDAGE,

IN THE

UNITED STATES.

BY

JOHN CODMAN HURD,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque.

ENNIUS, apud Cic. de Rep.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY.

NEW YORK:

D. VAN NOSTRAND.

M.DCCCLVIII.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern
District of New York.

ΤΟ

MY FATHER,

THIS WORK,

THE RESULT OF STUDY

ALWAYS PROMOTED BY HIS GENEROSITY

AND INCITED BY HIS SYMPATHY,

IS GRATEFULLY

INSCRIBED.