| Date | Jan. 19, 1805 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | MD |
| Title | A Further supplement to an act, entitled, An act relating to negroes, and to repeal the acts of assembly therein mentioned. |
| Description/Full Text | Persons may apply in wirting, &c. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That if any person shall apply, by petition in writing, to the county court of the county wherein such person shall reside, setting forth, that any negro or mulatto, to whose services he was or is entitled for a limitted time or number of years, has run away or departed from the service of such person, during such time of servitude, it shall be lawful for such court, on being satisfied of the truth of the facts set forth in such peti- tion, and that such departure from service hath not been caused by the ill treatment or misconduct of the petitioner, or person under whom he or she claims, to adjudge such negro or mulatto to serve the person petitioning, or his lawful assigns, such length of time after such negro or mulatto would have been entitled to freedom, or for such length of time after the date of the judgment, as justice and equity may require, and as the' court, under all circumstances, shall think reasonable; provided, that no negro or mulatto so adjudged, shall be liable to be sold or assigned to any person residing out of this state. |
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| Source | https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000562/html/am562--82.html http://slavery.msa.maryland.gov/html/research/histlaw.html |
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