...enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and . . . they shall be maintained and protected in the free...liberty, property and the religion which they profess." Proponents of slavery interpreted the provision to justify the possession and sale of human chattel....

...of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free...liberty, property, and the religion which they profess. A Convention between the United States of America and the French Republic (April 30, 1803), 8 Stat....

...also pledged that "in the meantime" Louisiana s colonists "shall he maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess." This guarantee of religious freedom was supposed to comfort the territory's Catholic inhabitants, while...

...principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States. In the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the enjoyment of their liberty, their property, and the civil rights now vested m them according to the...

...the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all these rights, advantages and immunities ofcitiiens of the United States, and ' in the mean time they...liberty, property and the Religion which they profess. Article 6: The United States promise to execute Such treaties and articles as may have been agreed...