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An Act for the relief of Negroes who have been set free by their Masters, who have provided no means to transport them to the Western Coast of Africa. 1859-1860 117 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0214 and id is 1 raw text is: 117 CHAPTER 128. AN ACT for the relief of Negroes who have been set free by their Mlasters, who hove provided no means to transport them to the Western Coast of Africa. SECTION 1. Be it encated by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That all negroes who have been set free by their former. owners, by deed, will, or otherwise, and who have not been emancipated, shall have the privilege of going into voluntary slavery under the laws now in force in this State, and if said negro or negroes shall choose to go into slavery, the County Court shall not hire them out as now required by law. SEC. 2. Be et further enacted, That when such negro Mother to deter- choosing to go into slavery, is the mother of a child or minerorherchu- children, who are under the age of six years, and who are dren. also entitled to their freedom, said mother shall have the right of electing for her said child or children, as to their future slavery or freedom; if she shall elect that her said child or children shall be slaves, then she shall choose their master or future owner; and the court selling said child or children shall decree title to said purchaser. SEc. 3. Be itfurther enacted, That the owner of said child or children shall give bond in double the value of said Manter to give child or children, made payable to the State of Tennessee, comingrtfth for the benefit of said child, that said child or children shall childrea. be forthcoming to the County Court of the county where said child or children shall have been enslaved, at the age of eighteen and twenty-one years; and the said master shall not dispose of said child or children to any person ; and if he should sell them he shall be subject to indictment, and on conviction be confined in the Penitentiary for a period not less than three years nor more than ten years. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, March 24, 1860., Speaker of the Senate.

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