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GAI 841 Bibliography of State Slavery Statutes
• An Act the better to secure and protect the
citizens of Georgia in the possession of their
Slaves, [pp. 125-128]
• An Act to prohibit from sale or gift, all
printed or written books, papers, pamphlets,
writing paper, ink, and all other articles of
stationery, of any kind whatsoever, to any
slave or free person of color in this State; and
to punish those who may violate the
provisions of this act. [p. 139]
• An Act to amend an act entitled an act to
establish a tribunal for the trial of slaves
within the county of Bryan, passed twenty-
first December, eighteen hundred and
thirty-nine. [p. 145]
• An Act to impose a Special Tax on the
persons and property of the citizens of the
City of Columbus residing and being in the
same, annually hereafter, and to provide for
the collection thereof; and to punish those
who may refuse or attempt to defeat the
provisions thereof, [pp. 196-198]
• Resolutions which originated in the Senate
of the State of Georgia, December 14th,
1841. [pp. 209-217]
Descriptors: Abduction of slaves and free
negroes; Abolitionists and abolition societies;
Albany, GA; Baker County, GA; Banks and
banking; Boats and ships; Books and stationery;
Bryan County, GA; Columbus, GA; Courts;
Federal-State relations; Free persons of color;
Free white males; Incorporation of cities and
towns; Mortgages; Negroes; Sales of slaves;
Taxation; Trials; Berrien, John McPherson
GA-1842
Contains:
• An Act to incorporate the Monroe Camp
Ground, in the county of Monroe, and for
other purposes, [pp. 43-44]
• An Act to alter and change the third and
seventh sections of the first article of the
Constitution, [pp. 56-57]
• An Act to authorize defendants in
Execution to point out any property
belonging to them in their possession, [pp.
85-86]
• An Act for the relief of Henry Todd, a free
man of color, [pp. 152-153]
84 State Slavery Statutes
• An Act for the relief of certain persons
therein named, from taxes improperly
assessed, and to authorize the Governor to
draw his warrant on the Treasury in certain
cases, [pp. 154-155]
• An Act to repeal all laws prohibiting the
free introduction of slaves into this State, [p.
165]
• An Act to repeal an act the better to secure
and protect the citizens of Georgia in the
possession of their slaves, assented to
December eleventh, eighteen hundred and
forty-one, so far as relates to the Port of
Savannah, [p. 166]
• An Act to provide for the method of
collecting rewards which may be offered for
the apprehension of runaway slaves, who
may hereafter be lodged within any of the
jails of this State, [pp. 166-167]
• Resolutions which originated in the Senate
of the State of Georgia, 28th December
1842. [pp. 181-182]
Descriptors: Courts; Darien, GA; Free Negroes;
Importation of slaves; Imprisonment; Jasper
County, GA; Massachusetts; Methodist Monroe
Camp Ground; Monroe County, GA; Morgan
County, GA; Negroes; Persons of color;
Religious organizations; Runaways; Savannah,
GA; State constitutions; State legislatures;
Taxation; Whipping; Brown, Abel; O'Neal, Elic
(man of color); Todd, Henry (free man of color);
Young, Henry
GA-1843
Contains:
• An Act to provide for taking the Census of
the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the
requirements of the twenty-fifth section of
the first Article of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, [pp. 12-14]
• An Act to alter and amend the seventh
section of the first Article of the Constitu-
tion of this State, [pp. 14-15]
• An Act to alter and change the third and
seventh sections of the first article of the
. Constitution, [pp. 15-16]
• An Act to amend the several laws now in
force in relation to free persons of color, and
to exonerate and discharge certain free