Maryland resident John Black states that he plans to move to Delaware, that he owns lands in both states, and "that he is also the owner of slaves with which it is his wish and design to cultivate those lands." Citing that "his interests will be greatly impaired unless he can have the privilege of removing his said Slaves into or out of the said state of Delaware (as occasion may require) at his pleasure," Black "therefore prays for the passage into a Law" that will permit him to move his slaves between the two states at will.
Result: House: read, referred; bill drawn.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
