New Hanover County, NC - James G. Hostler - Act to Emancipate, 1855

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An Act to emancipate James G. Hostler, A Slave

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 James G.
Hostler, the property of James Anderson, William A. Wright, Armand
J. DeRossett, Jr., Joshua G. Wright and Thomas C. Miller, of the
town of Wilmington, be and he is hereby, with the consent and at the 
request of the said owners, emancipated and set free; and by the name 
of James G. Hostler, shall hereafter possess and exercise all the rights 
and privileges which are enjoyed by other free persons of color in this 
State: Provided, nevertheless, That before the said slave is emancipated, 
he shall give bond with good security in the sum of five hundred dollars,
payable to the State of North Carolina, conditioned that the said James
G. Hostler shall honestly and correctly demean himself, and shall not 
become a parish charge, which bond shall be approved by the court of pleas 
and quarter sessions of the county of New Hanover, and be deposited in the
office of said court, and may be sued on to the use of any parish, or 
person injured by the misconduct of the said James G. Hostler.

[Ratified the 16th day of January, 1855]


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1854-55
Chapter 111
Page 90-91

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