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or any two justices of the peace, and bound out as apprentices ac-

cording lo the act of 1793, ch. 45—1808, ch. 54, ...

562

In all criminal prosecutions against any negro or mulatto slave, or any

mulatto descended from a white woman, or any negro or mulatto

free or freed, the testimony of any negro or mulatto slave, or of any

mulatto descended from a white woman, or of any negro or mulatto

free or freed, may be received in evideuce for or against them —

1808, ch. 81, ...........

564

Free negroes, £tc. and white persons with them, convicted of actually

raising insurrection or rebellion in this state, to suffer death by

hanging— 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2, .......

573

Convicted of conspiring to raise such insurrection, &c. to be sentenced

to confinement in the penitentiary not less than six nor more than

twenty years— 1809, ch. 138, sec. 2, ......

573

Every person, his aiders, &c. convicted of kidnapping, and forcibly or

fraudulently carrying, or causing to be carried out of the state, any

free person, or person entitled to freedom at or after a certain age,

&c. or knowingly arresting or imprisoning1 such person with such

intent, to be sentenced to confinement iu the penitentiary not less

than two nor more than ten years — 1809, ch. 138, sec. 4,

575

If any negro or mulatto female slave shall be declared to be free after

any given period of service, or at any stipulated age, or upon the

performance of any condition, or on the event of any contingency,

the person making the will or deed may determine the state and

condition of the issue born during the time of service — 1809, ch.

171, sec. 2, ..........

593

If not so determined, the condition of the issue to be that of a slave —

1809, ch. 171, sec. 3, .........

594

Directions as to deeds of manumission, sales of servants for a term of

years, &c.- 1810, ch. 15, ........

597

The judges of the orphans courts authorized to bind out the children

of free negroes or mulattoes — 1818, ch. 189, ....

697

The parents to be first summoned, &c. — 1818, ch. 189,

697

Declared not lawful for the courts to sentence negro or mulatto slaves

to undergo confinement in the penitentiary — 1818, ch. 197, sec. 1,

702

The trustees of the poor and orphans courts of this state, authorized to

bind out any free negro or mulatto child, under their care, without

requiring them to be educated — 1834, ch. 87, ....

808

Any free negro or mulatto living idle without any visible means of

maintenance, or going at large through the counties, &c. to give

security for his good behaviour, or depart the state within fifteen

days, and on non-compliance to be committed to the gaol, &c. —

1825, ch. 161,* ..........

836

The children of any free negroes or mulattoes, not having visible

means of supporting them, may be bound out by the orphans court

as apprentices — 1825, ch. 161, sec. 2,* .....

838

*See 1839, ch. 320, p. 2343.