The Negro in Maryland a Study of the Institution of Slavery
The Negro in Maryland a Study of the Institution of Slavery
Jeffrey Richardson Brackett
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Slaves. 105 ters who should allow slaves to go at large or hire them- selves out, except during ten days at harvest time. A motion to strike out this section was lost by a vote of thirty-two to fifteen. The second section provided that no slaves, except such as were generally known to be pilots, should be allowed by their masters, under a like penalty, to run any boat over twenty feet long which was used to carry goods belonging to any other person than the owner of the boat. This section w^as ...struck out ; but the bill, as amended and passed, excepted regular pilots. And a person who should hire any slave un- lawfully, was also made liable to the penalty of five pounds a month. At the session of 1794, there were several attempts made for further legislation — evidently for greater restrictions. One bill, introduced in the House, was to prevent slaves from acting as free in several counties. Baltimore county was added by a vote of thirty-nine to seventeen, and a motion to except Baltimore city was defeated by seven votes — though the delegates from the city were opposed to the bill.
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