Note 2 — Chapter VII · Abolition

Acts of 1829, Ch. 29, Sec. 1. A special legislative grant was requisite for a valid emancipation in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. See James’ Dig., 398, Act of 1820; Prince’s Dig., 456, Act of 1801; Toulman’s Dig., 632; Mississippi Rev. Code, 386. In North Carolina and Tennessee, the courts granted emancipation—Haywood’s Manual, 525; Act of 1801, Ch. 27. In Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia, and Maryland, the master exercised this power under rules and regulations established by the statutes of these states. 2 Litt. and Swi., 1155; 2 Missouri Laws, 744; 1 Rev. Code of Virginia, 433; Maryland Laws, Act of 1809, Ch. 171.