[230] Hurd: Law of Freedom and Bondage, Vol. II., p. 92.

[231] Laws of a Public and General Nature of the District of Louisiana, of Territory of Louisiana and Territory of Missouri and State of Missouri to 1824 (passed Oct. 1, 1804).

[232] Hurd: Vol. II., p. 106.

[233] Laws of State of Delaware, Oct. 14, 1793. Hurd, Vol. IV. p. 76.

[234] Passed Feb. 8, 1826. Laws of Delaware, Vol. VI., p. 715.

[235] Statutes at Large, Vol. V., p. 450.

[236] Jessie Torrey: A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, p. 57.

[237] An address to the People of North Carolina, p. 38. (Y.) Sl. Pamp., Vol. LXI.

Liberator: May 18, 1849. Niles' Reg., Feb. 25, 1826.

[238] Emancipator, March 8, 1848.