. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. rty-f(>rst of December, is copied exactly from the original now before me, and the italicsare marked by the author himself, whose work could certainly havebeen none other than of the most approved and orthodox uno disce omnes. A Form for a Hegroe-Marriage You R: do now, in y Presence of God, and these Witnesses, TakeS: to be your Husband; Promising, that so far asyour present Relation, as a Ser-vant, shall admit, you will Per-form the Part of a Wife towardshim: And in particular, You pro-mise, that you will Love him; And that, as
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. rty-f(>rst of December, is copied exactly from the original now before me, and the italicsare marked by the author himself, whose work could certainly havebeen none other than of the most approved and orthodox uno disce omnes. A Form for a Hegroe-Marriage You R: do now, in y Presence of God, and these Witnesses, TakeS: to be your Husband; Promising, that so far asyour present Relation, as a Ser-vant, shall admit, you will Per-form the Part of a Wife towardshim: And in particular, You pro-mise, that you will Love him; And that, as you shall havethe Opport^ & Ability, you willtake a proper Care of him in Sick-ness and Health; in Prosperity & You S: do now, in the Pre-sence of God, and these Wit-nesses, Take R: to be yourWife; Promising that so far asshall be consistent w y^Relation wc*ayou now Sustain,as Servant, you will Per-iform j Part of a^ Husbandtowards her:, And in partic-ular, you Promise, that youwill Love her: And that, asyou shall have y 8p/ ortM. * Ability, you will take aproper Care of her in sicknessand Health, in Prosperity &Adversity: And that you will be True& Faithfull to her, and willCleave to her only, so long as\ God, in his Provid0^ , shallcontin ie your and her Abode inSuch Place (or Places) as thatyou can conveniently come to-gether: - Do you thus Promise? I then, agreeable to your Request, and w** y^Consent of yourMasters ann Mistresses, do declare, that you have Licence given youto be conversant and familiar together, as Husband and Wife, so longas Cod shall continue your Places of Abode as afore said; And so longas you S lall behave your-Selves as it becometh Servants to doe: For, you must, both of you, bear in mind, that you RemainStill,, as really and truly as ever, your Masters Property, andtherefore it will be justly expected, both by God and man, that youbehave and conduct yourselves, as an* faithfull- Servantstowards your respective Masters ft Mistresses for -he
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