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Missouri Law:
The Missouri "Slave Code" of 1804 made no distinction between slaves and other personal property.
Missouri law holding that slaves who lifted their hands against whites, except in self-defense, were to be punished according to the decision of the justice of the peace, with no more than 39 lashes.
Missouri statute of 1845, article 2, section 29 declared it a crime "to take any woman unlawfully against her will and by force, menace or duress, compel her to be defiled."
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