Craven County NcArchives Court.....Bowers - Emancipated, Hannah 1787
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1787

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1786 - 1787
1786 
Volume 24, Pages 783 - 884

CHAPTER LVIII.

An Act to Emancipate Hannah, Alias Hannah Bowers, a Person of Mixed Blood, 
Belonging to the Estate of the Late Alexander Gaston Deceased.

Whereas it appears to this General Assembly, That the late Alexander Gaston, 
of the town of New Bern, did in his lifetime frequently express a desire that 
the said girl Hannah should be set free, and did certify the same in his own 
handwriting, which certificate has been since found among the papers of the 
deceased: And whereas the widow of the said Alexander Gaston has also 
signified her desire that the said girl should in compliance with her 
husband's wishes in his lifetime be set free:

I. Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by authority of the same, That the said 
molatto girl called Hannah, alias Hannah Bowers, shall be, and is hereby 
declared to be emancipated and made free to all intents and purposes, and 
shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a free person in as 
full and absolute manner, as if she the said Hannah had been born of a free 
woman. (Passed Jan. 6, 1787.)


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