| Date | Feb 12, 1833 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | MD |
| Title | An act to explain an act of Assembly, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty- one, chapter three hundred and twenty-three, entitled," An act relating to free negroes and slaves. |
| Description/Full Text | Original act not to extend to cases of slaves hired, &c Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That nothing contained in the act of Assembly, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, chapter three hundred and twenty-three, entitled, "An act relating to free negroes and slaves," shall be taken or construed in any manner to apply to, or to prohibit any person or persons from importing, removing, or again bringing into this state any negro, mulatto, or other slave, which shall have been, or may hereafter be taken from this State, and hired to ser- vice, in any adjoining State, district or territory, for a limited time; Provided, no such negro, mulatto, or other Provisio. slave, shall, under any pretext whatever, be introduced, or brought into this state by any person other than an actual inhabitant of this state, who shall also be the owner and proprietor of such slave, both at the time of the hiring or letting to service aforesaid, and at the time of bringing back or returning said slave into this state, or in case of the death of the original owner, by his heirs, executors, ad- ministrators, or legatees |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000547/html/am547--42.html Slavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground, Barbara Jeanne Fields |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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