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tion or their agents or officers, are hlereby declaredto
be good and valid in law.
Passed, January 17, 1828.
JN. L., DOGGETT,
President of the Legislative Coutncil.
A. ]3rLLAZY, Clerk.
Approved, January 18; 1828.
WM. NI. McCARTY, .
Acting Governor of Florida.
AN ACT
Concerning Slaves, Free Negroes and Mulattoes.
Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Cou,il f
the Territory of Florida, That all persons lawfully 'Who shall
beld to service for life, and the descendants of the fe- be deemed
males of them within this territory, and such persons slaves
and their descendants as may hereafter be brought in-
to this territory pu rsuant to law, being held to service
for life, or a given time by the laws of the state or ter-
ritory from whence they were removed, and no other Not lawful
person or perions whatsoever shall henceforth be to bng into.
the territory .
deemed slaves. lhat it shall not be lawful to oring slaves-bqrn
into this terrritory and to hold therein any slave or slaves out of the
horn Without the United States or any territory ther U. s or',
of, except such slaves as at the time of their removal ultces
were resident Within [ie limits aforesaid, nor such as
shall have been convicted of any offence and transport-
ed therefor under the laws of any state, territory or
district.
Sec. 2. Be 4tfurther enacled, That it shall not be law-
ful for any person whatsoever to bring into this territo-
ry, or to hold therein after the passage of this act, any
slave or slaves that shall have been convicted of any
offence and therefor transported by the laws of any
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