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Abi io present domcjlic Infurreblions, and for other Purpofes .
I. T Y 7HEREAS the evil and pernicious Praftiee of freeing Slaves in
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W this State, ought at this alarming and critical Time tp .be .
guarded againft by every Friend and Wellwiftier to his Country ;
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II. PE it therefore Entitled, by the General AJfembiy of the State cf North- sim*
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Carolina, and by the Authority of the fame, that no Negro or Mulatto Slave ** fet £r**’
fhall hereafter be fet free, except for meritorious Services,, to be adjudged
of and allowed by the County Court, and Licence firft had and obtained
thereupon. And when any Slave is or fhall be fet free by his or her
Mafter or Owner othervvife than is herein before directed, it fhall and
may be lawful for any Freeholder in this State to apprehend and take up
fuch Slave, and deliver him or her to the Sheri# of the County, who on
receiving fuch Slave, fhall give fuch Freeholder a Receipt for the fame;
atid the Sheriff fhall commit all fuch Slaves to the Gaol of the County*'
there to remain untiF the next Court to be held for fuch County; and
the Court of the County fhall order all fuch confined Slaves to be fold
during the Term to the higheft Bidder.
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VIDE D ptways, That the Sheriff, .upon committing any gjjjgjyjg
fuch Slave or Slaves, fhall at leaf! Five Days before fuch Sale; give No- o!n>enof .
tice iri Writing to the Jaflt Owner or Owners, or the reputed Owner or -i
Owners of fuch Slave or Slaves, of the Time and Place of Sale, and of
the Name and Names of fuch Slaves, to the End that fuch Owner
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Owners may, if he or they think proper, make his or their Claim to the
fame ; but if fuch Owner or Owners fhall negleft or refufe to appear.oh ,
the Day of Sale (due Proof of the Sendee of ftfch Notice being made to i
the Satisfaction of the Court) fuch Owner or Owners fo neglcftmg or.
refufmg, fhall be for ever barred from making any Claim tofudi Slaves, ,
IV. A ND be it further Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid, That*the
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neat Proceeds of the Money arifing by fuch Sale fhall he difpofed of in
the following Manner, that is to fay, That ode fifth Part thereof /hall *
be; paid to the Takers up of fdch Negroes or Mulattoes, and that the
remaining Part of fuch Money be paid into the Hands of the Public*
''TreafurerSj.to defray the contingent Charges of Government, and to no
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Purpofe; whatfoever; . ' -s • • ••
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V. AND be it Enabled, by the Authority aforefaid,^ That if any Slave of- Mofimis
Slaves fhall hereafter be allowed by his or her Mafter, Miftrefs, or Over- *****
feer, or other Perfon hiving the Care of fuch Slave or Slaves, to hue jfct ■
him or herfelf, fuch Slave may be taken up by any Magiftrate of Free¬
holder, and kept to hard Labour, for the Ufe of the Poor of the Countyj
fdr any Time not exceeding Twenty Days ; any Law, U/age or Cuftom,*
to. the contrary, notwithftanding.
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