Halifax County, NC - Henry, Fanny & John Howard, Slaves of Miles Howard
                     Act to Emancipate, 1836

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An Act to emancipate Henry, Fanny and John, the slaves and children
of Miles Howard

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 Henry
Howard, Fanny Howard and John Howard, children and slaves of Miles
Howard, of Halifax County, at the special request of said Miles,
be, and they are hereby emancipated and set free, and shall hereafter 
enjoy all the priviledges of free persons of color.

[Ratified 10 December, 1836]


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1836-37
Chapter LXIV
Page 327

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