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- GLC#
- GLC09723
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1784
- Author/Creator
- Green, Timothy, 1763-1851
- Title
- [Four pages extracted from a printed folio volume of state laws, 18th century]
- Place Written
- Connecticut
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
One document entitled "Indian, Molatto, and Negro Servants and, Slaves" dated 1784. Pages were extracted from a printed folio volume of state laws. The law imposes a rule that any unaccompanied servant in public without a ticket or pass would be perceived as a runaway. This violation would cost twenty shillings. Measures extends to travelling alone, staying out past nine o'clock among many other regulations.
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