GEORGIA COURT -  1831 Emancipation - Manumission of Slaves

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgía, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1831.

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SLAVES.

1831 Vol. 1 -- Page: 225

Sequential Number: 174

Full Title: AN ACT to be entitled an act to manumit and set free from slavery Sophia, a person of colour, the property of Eli Fenn, and to give her a name.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and
Page: 226

after the passage of this act, Sophia, a person of colour, now the property of Eli Fenn, shall be manumitted and set free from slavery, and shall be entitled to all the rights, immunities, and privileges, as though she had been born free.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in future the said Sophia shall be called and known by the name of Sophia Fenn.

ASBURY HULL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 19, 1831.