The Essential Works of Du Bois by W. E. B. Du Bois

Author:W. E. B. Du Bois [Bois, W. E. B. Du]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781598537031
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Publisher: Library of America
Published: 2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

1780, March 1. Pennsylvania: Slavery Abolished.

"An Act for the gradual abolition of slavery."

§ 5. All slaves to be registered before Nov. 1.

§ 10. None but slaves "registered as aforesaid, shall, at any time hereafter, be deemed, adjudged, or holden, within the territories of this commonwealth, as slaves or servants for life, but as free men and free women; except the domestic slaves attending upon Delegates in Congress from the other American States," and those of travellers not remaining over six months, foreign ministers, etc., "provided such domestic slaves be not aliened or sold to any inhabitant," etc.

§ 11. Fugitive slaves from other states may be taken back.

§ 14. Former duty acts, etc., repealed. Dallas, Laws, I. 838. Cf. Penn. Archives, VII. 79; VIII. 720.

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