. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. their humane institution, in promoting the abo-lition of the slave trade, and of slavery, protecting the rightsof persons unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the con-dition of such blacks, as are, or may be emancipated, and of theirposterity. Section I. He it therefore enacted by this General Assembly,and by the authority thereof it is hereby enacte , that the presentmembers of the said society, to wit:- ^ ^ ~K-Xr X)^ 7C and such other person/or persons as shall be hereafter elected, andchosen in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and their su
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. their humane institution, in promoting the abo-lition of the slave trade, and of slavery, protecting the rightsof persons unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the con-dition of such blacks, as are, or may be emancipated, and of theirposterity. Section I. He it therefore enacted by this General Assembly,and by the authority thereof it is hereby enacte , that the presentmembers of the said society, to wit:- ^ ^ ~K-Xr X)^ 7C and such other person/or persons as shall be hereafter elected, andchosen in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and their successors be,and they are, hereby created and declared to be one body politic andcorporate, in deed and in law, by. the name,style and title of theProvidence Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, for therelief of persons unlawfully held i bondage, ard for improvingthe condition of the African race. ^Here follow the names of 117 nen of Rhode Island, 63 men of Mas-sachusetts, and three men of Connecticut, who constitut d the char-. ter member- of the 1791. (p. 436). ? An Act in addition to an act entitled An Act to incorporatecertain persons by the name of Providence Society for promoting theabolition of slavery, etc., made and passed at the session of thisAssembly, held in June, A. D. 1790. Whereas some doubts have arisen, whether the powers given inthe said charter are sufficient for the purpose of bringing actionsupon the statutes of this state relating to slavery, or the slavetrade; therefore, - Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authoritythereof it is enacted , that the said society, in their corporatecapacity, be, and they are, hereby authorized and empowered, to bringforward, in the name of their treasurer for the time being, any suit,action, plaint, or information, before any justice, judge, or courtswithin this state, upon any law or penal statute relative to thesubject of slavery, or the slave trade; and in every respect asfully aut
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