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An Act to provide for the indemnity of the counties of this State against the maintenance of slaves discharged by their masters and mistresses without giving the security required by law. 1819 399 (1819)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0038 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAPTER CCXXIV. .AN ACT to provide for the indemnity of the coun- ties of this State against the maitenance of slaves discharvcd by their masters and mis- tresses without giving the security required by law. Sc. 1. WtIEREAS many Imasters an(d iniStITSScSPreainble. have attempted to manumit negro and mulatto slaves, without giving the security required by law in such cases to indemnify the county from ally charge such county may he put to in case of such negro or mulatto being sick or otherwise renlered incapable to support him or herself; and such slaves have generally acted as free negroes or free mulattoes, and have been dealt with and treated by most people as such, and have enjoyed the privi- leges of free negroes or free ipulattoes, without any hindrance or interruption of their niasters or mis- tresses or of their executors or administrators , and whereas; the justances of such kinds of unanumis- sions are so numerous, and have been of such long continuance, that it is necessary to make some pro- vision by law t- indemnify the counties, as well as to effectuate the intentions of such maste's and Mis- tresses, and to secure to such negroes and mulat- Slaves hereto- thei fedin ~i fore dshr toes th'eir freedom: be it therefoie declared and e- gedby willo 7zacted by the Senate and House of Representatives manumission, of the State of Delaware, in General.2ssembly met , ,notr irng and it is hereby declared and enacted by the au- &c. iiall be thority of the same, that all and every negro ai lfree, although . secunity to in. mulatto slave, who, at any time before tle passing demnify the of this act, hath been discharged from the service county has not of his or her master or mistress, his or her execu- been given. tors or administrators, by any last will in writing, 2 vol. 886 or by some duly executed manumission in writing, S21,1le and whom it was the intention of such master lor mistress to manumit and set free by such last will in writing or manumission in writing, and who hAth not been reclaimed by such master or mistress, his or her executors or administrators, and who at the tinle of passing this act is in the actual enjoyment O1? DELAWARE.

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