| Date | 1767 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | DE |
| Title | A Supplement to An Act for the further and better regulation of servants and slaves within this government |
| Description/Full Text | Whereas it is found by experience , that free negroes and mulat toes are idle and slothful , and often prove burthensome to the neigh borhood wherein they live , and are of evil example to slaves : 1 Indemnity Sect . 2. If any master or mistress shall by will or otherwise dis to county charge or set free any mulatto or negro slave or slaves , he or she or on freeing his or her executors or administrators at the next respective County altered Court of Quarter Sessions shall enter into a recognizance with ( 2. 43 ) sufficient sureties to be taken in the name of the Treasurer of the said county for the time being , in the sum of sixty pounds for each slave so set free , to indemnify the county from any charge they or any of them may be unto the same , in case of such negro or mulat toe's being sick or otherwise rendered incapable to support him or herself ; and until such recognizance be given , no such negro or a altered ( 43 ) mulatto shall be deemed ( a ) free . Passed October 31 , 1767 . |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XyJEAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA406&hl=en |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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