Halifax County, NC - Albert Hockody - Act to Emancipate, 1855

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An Bill to emancipate Albert, a slave, the property of John Hockody

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Albert,
a slave, the property of John Hockody, be and he is hereby, with the
consent and at the request of said owner, emancipated and set free,
and by the name of Albert Hockody shall hereafter possess and excercise
all the rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other free persons
of color in the State: Provided, nevertheless, That before the said
slave Albert is emancipated, the said John Hockody shall give bond
and approved security, payable to the governor and his successors
in office, in the county court of Halifax, in the sum of one thousand
dollars, that the said Albert shall honestly and correctly demean
himself as long as he shall remain in the State, and shall not become
a county charge; which bond may be sued on in the name of the governor
for the time being, to the use of the said county, and of any person
injured by the misconduct of the said slave hereby emancipated.

[Ratified the 16th day of February, 1855]


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1854-55
Chapter 112
Page 91

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