Working draft of An Act in Relation to Service

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Title
Working draft of An Act in Relation to Service
Description
Working draft of An Act in Relation to Service. Section 3 includes eighteen words (and his, her, or their children, until the curse of servitude is taken from the descendants of Canaan) crossed out. Those words were removed before final passage of the bill, likely in response to Orson Pratt's speech in opposition to the bill.
Source
Utah Territory Legislative Assembly Papers, 1851-1872, MS 2919, First Session, 1851-1852, Acts numbers 15-39, box 1, folder 3, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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This Abominable Slavery

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3.3 Utah Territorial Legislature Bill, A Comparison of an early draft and the final version of "An Act In Relation To Service."
Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 1 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 2 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 3 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 4 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 5 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, page 6 Original draft of An Act in Relation to Service, back of page