Craven County NcArchives Court.....Long - Emancipate, Mary 1787
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1787

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787
1787 
Volume 24, Pages 885 - 951

Whereas it hath been made appear to the satisfaction of this General Assembly 
that Richard Dobbs Spaight, of Craven county, Esquire, hath consented and is 
desirous to liberate and set free a certain mulatto girl now his property, 
called or known by the name of Mary Long:

Be it therefore Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the 
passing this act the before mentioned mulatto girl called Mary Long, now the 
property of Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esquire, shall be and continue liberated 
and set free, and shall thenceforward be entitled to all the rights and 
privileges of a free person of mixed blood in this State, and by the said name 
of Mary Long shall and may receive and hold, possess and enjoy any real and 
personal estate or property which she may hereafter acquire or become 
possessed of, in the same manner as any other free person of mixed blood might 
or could acquire, and possess the same to all intents and purposes as if she 
had been born free.


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