HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0156 and id is 1 raw text is: . Belief LaO5 *
AN ACT
To carry into effect the last will and testament of Jamon
Robinson, late of Greene county, deceased, so far as to
emancilte a female slave by the name of Chloe.
Whereas, James Robinson, late of Greene counly, de-
Cvased, previous to his death, did duly make and I)ubisli
his last will and testament, containing among other things,
a clause emancipating a female slave by the name of Chloe,
the property of hin the said Jaomes-Amd whereas, the
said James required his executors to carry this clause of
his said will into execution, by procuring a legislative act
to legalize the same.
Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives of the State of Georgia, in General .s-
hembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage of this act, the said
female slave Chloe be, and she is hereby fully and coin-
pletely emancipated and set free, according to the true in-
tent and meaning of him the said James Robinson : Pro-
vided, That the said negro Chloe be, and she is hereby
liable to all the fines, penalties and privileges, now imnpos-
ed on, and allowed to, free people of color in this state.
]DAVID ADAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS.
President of the Senate.
Asmited to, Nov. 24, 1823.
G. M. TROUP, Governor..
140 -](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsga0156&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)