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1820 Constitution

ARTICLE 1.

All persons born within the limits of the territory held by the American Colonization Society in or removing there to reside, shall be free, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of the free people of the United States.

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ARTICLE 2.   

The Colonization Society shall, from time to time, make such rules as they may think fit for the government of the Settlement, until they shall withdraw their Agents, and leave the settlers to the government of themselves.

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ARTICLE 3.   

The Society's Agents shall compose a Board, to determine all questions relative to the government of the Settlement, shall decide all disputes between Individuals, and shall exercise all judicial powers, except such as they shall delegate to justices of the Peace.

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ARTICLE 4.   

The Agents shall appoint all officers not appointed by the Man agers, necessary for the good order, and government of the Settlement.

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ARTICLE 5.   

There shall be no slavery in the Settlement.

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ARTICLE 6.   

The common law as in force and modified in the United States, and applicable to the situation of the people, shall be in force in the Settlement.

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ARTICLE 7.   

Every settler coming to the age of 21 years, and those now of age shall take an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.

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ARTICLE 8.   

In cases of necessity, where no rule has been made by the Board of Managers, the Agents are authorized to make the necessary rules and regulations, of which they shall, by the first opportunity, inform the Board for their approbation; and they shall continue in force until the Board shall send out their decision upon them.

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ARTICLE 9 .   

This Constitution is not to interfere with the jurisdiction rights, and claims of the agents of the United States over the captured Africans and others under their care, and control, so long as they shall reside within the limits of the Settlement.

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ARTICLE 10.   

No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, except by an unanimous consent of all present at a regular meeting of the Board of Managers, or by a vote of two thirds of the members present at two successive meetings of the Board of Managers.

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