[46] Ibid., 1831, p. 131.

[47] The Richmond Enquirer, Jan. and Feb., 1832.

[48] The Journal of the House of Delegates, 1831, Appendix, Bill No. 7.

[49] Ibid., Bill No. 13.

[50] Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, II, 9.

[51] The Laws of Maryland, 1831-32, c. 281.

[52] Ibid., c. 328.

[53] See Article IV, Sec. 1.

[54] Revised Code of Maryland, Chap. 52 and 237.7

[55] The Laws of Tenn., 1831, Chaps. 102 and 103.