Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #168 from Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860)

Date 1785
Law/Legislation Law
Jurisdiction DE
Title An Act for the Better Regulation of Servants and Slaves
Description/Full Text
Additional Information Bill prepared in response to several petitions from Sussex Countians in 1780; not yet approved in 1785
Source Proceedings of the Assembly of the Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1770-1776, the Constitutional Convention of 1776, and of the House of Assembly of the Delaware State, 1776-1781; page 26
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