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Slaves so killed shall be valued by two respectable persons, not of kin

to the owner, to be appointed and sworn by the then nearest ma-

gistrate, and the value certified by them to such magistrate, and by

him to the treasurer, shall be paid — 1751, ch. 14, sec. 9,

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Slaves committing any felony punishable by death shall be committed

to the sheriff, and tried at the next court, which court, on confes-

sion, or conviction on the testimony of one legal witness, or even

of other slaves, corroborated with such pregnant circumstances as

shall satisfy the jury of their guilt, may give judgment — 1751, ch.

14, sec. 4, ...........

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Slaves guilty of rambling, riding, &c. or running away, may be punished

by the county court by whipping, cropping or branding — 1751, ch.

14, sec. 8,* ..........

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Servants guilty thereof shall pay the value, or serve the owner five

years — 1751, ch. 14, sec. 10, .......

93

No money to be paid for any slave dying in gaol after sentence, or who

shall be executed, unless he is an actual inhabitant of the state —

1751, ch. 14, sec. 12, .........

94

Penalty on masters of vessels suffering slaves to frequent their vessels,

or concealing them — 1753, ch. 9, sec. 3, p. 97 ; 1763, ch. 10,

98

Fees on the prosecution of any negro or other slave in any county

court, (not otherwise paid,) whether convicted or acquitted, shall

be chargeable to the county, and assessed in the levy — May, 1766,

ch. 6, ...........

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Penalty on ordinary-keepers selling liquor to slaves, or harbouring

them, without leave — March, 1780, ch. 24, sec. 17, ...

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Directions for the transportation and sale of slaves pardoned by the

governor after conviction, on the condition expressed in the pardon

—Nov. 1787, ch. 17, sec. 3, .......

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Not lawful to import or bring into this state by land or water any ne-

gro, mulatto or other slave, for sale, or to reside therein — 1796, ch.

67, sec. l,f ..........

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Slaves brought in contrary to this act shall immediately cease to be the

property of the importer, and shall be free — 1796, ch. 67, sec. 1, .

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On such citizens dying within the said year, their executors or admi-

nistrators may bring in such slaves within one year after the said

death, and also the issue of such slaves born after the removal of

the person dying — 1797, ch. 15, sec. 2,

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The same privilege of importing extended to the guardians of infants

entitled on such persons dying, within one year after the removal,

and to male infants so entitled after attaining the age of twenty-one,

and to female infants after attaining the age of sixteen, and to in-

clude the issue as in the case of executors — 1797, ch. 15, sec. 3, .

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Persons so removing not to sell or dispose of any slaves so imported,

*The punishment enlarged by 1827, ch. 15, and extended to free negroes

+The policy of the state as to the introduction of slaves has so vacillated that

it is almost impracticable in an index, to present a condensed view of the various

enactments in reference thereto. A note to the first section of this act contains a

review of all the laws on this subject, except that of 1839.