Received on the day of the date of the above written Deed Poll, the fum of 120/. being the full confideration money within mentioned, to be paid to me.

MANUMISSION of two NEGROES, with an AFFIDAVIT proving the Execution thereof.

ST. CHRISTOPHER'S.

TO all people to whom these presents fhall come, I WW-- of the Inland of Saint Christopher, Merchant, do fend greeting: Whereas GC, late of the faid Ifland of St. Christopher, Widow and Executrix of the last Will and Teftament of T-—C—, late of the faid Island, Efq; deceased, by deed-poll, or bargain and fale, bearing date the 25th day of September, which was in the year of our Lord 1766, in confideration of 120%. current money of the faid Island, did bargain, fell, release, grant, and confirm unto me the faid W▬▬▬▬, the two Negro Slaves following;

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that is to fay, a Negro Woman Slave, named Susannah, and a Negro Girl Slave, named Penelope, daughter of the faid Sufannah; to hold the faid Slaves, and each of them, together with the iffue and increase of the faid Slaves, and each of them thereafter to be born, to the only proper ufe, benefit, and behoof of me the faid W-W——, my executors, adminiftrators, and affigns for ever, as by the faid deed-poll, or bargain and fale, relation being thereunto had, will appear. And whereas the faid 120/. the confideration money in the faid deed-poll mentioned, were the proper monies of the faid Sufannah; and I the faid W-- W---, the bargainee named in the faid recited deed-poll, or bargain and fale, acted merely as a trustee for the faid Sufannah, in order that the faid Sufannah, and her faid daughter Penelope, might be duly manumitted and made free: NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE, That I the faid W▬▬ W——, in purfence of the faid truft in me repofed, and in discharge thereof, have manumitted, enfranchifed, made free, and from every tie of fervitude abfolved; and by these presents do for myfelf, my heirs, executors, and adminiftrators, and each and every of them, manumit, enfranchise, make free, and from every tie of fervitude abfolve the faid Negro Woman Slave named Sufannah, and the faid Negro Girl Slave named Penelope, refpectively; and alfo the iffue and increafe of the faid Sufannah, and of the faid Penelope, and of each of them now born or hereafter to be born, fo that neither I the faid W-- W--, nor my heirs, executors, or adminiftrators, or any or either of them, fhall from thenceforth have, claim, challenge, or demand any right or title, by reafon of

any

any flavery or villenage in the faid Sufannah and the faid Penelope, or either of them, or in their or either of their iffue, now born or hereafter to be born; but that the faid Sufannah and the faid Penelope, and each of them, their, and each of their iffue, now born or hereafter to be born, fhall from henceforth for ever hereafter be as free to all intents, conftructions, and purpofes whatfoever, as any other fubject of his Majefty King George the Third. In witness whereof, I the faid W-- W have hereunto fet my hand and feal this 2d day of November, in the year of our Lord 1767.

Sealed and delivered

in the prefence of

(L. S.)

ST. CHRISTOPHER'S.

Before the Honourable
Craifter Greatheed, Efq;
Chief Juftice of his Ma-
jefty's Court of King's
Bench and Common
Pleas held for the faid
Inland of Saint Chrifto-
pher.

PERSONALLY appeared J. M. of the parish of Saint George, Bafleterre, in the faid Ifland of Saint Christopher, Gentleman, who being duly fworn on the Holy Evangelifts of Almighty God, maketh oath and faith, That he this Deponent was prefent, and did fee W. W. of the faid Island of Saint Chriftopher, Merchant, the donor in the paper writing or deed-poll before-written (purporting to be a deed-poll executed by the faid W. W. for the purpofe of manumitt Negro

Woman Slave, named Sufannah, and a Negro Girl Slave, named Penelope) fign, feal, and as his act and deed deliver the faid paper-writing or deed-poll: and this Deponent further faith, That the name W. W. appearing to be let or fubscribed to the faid paper-writing or deed-poll, is of the proper hand-writing of the faid W. W. and this Deponent (together with B. B.) did fubfcribe his name as a witness to the due execution of the faid paper-writing or deed-poll: and laftly, this Deponent faith, That the names J. M. and B. B. appearing to be fubfcribed as witneffes to the due execution of the faid paper-writing or deed-poll, are of the refpective proper hand-writing of the faid B. B. and of him this Deponent.

Sworn this day of November 1767, before me,

C. G.

J. M.

In every Colony, the execution of a Manumiffion ought to be proved before one of the Judges, and then registered in the office. In fome Colonies, the proper place for registering deeds is the Secretary's Office; in other Colonies, there is a Regifter's Office, eftablished by Act of Affembly for that purpofe. When the Manumiffion is registered, the officer will deliver it back, and the perfon manumitted ought to take great care of it, for in the Colonies every Negro prima facie, is fuppofed to be a Slave, and the proof of freedom lies on the Negro. I am afraid there have been too many bafe white men, who, after deftroying the Manumiffion, have endeavoured to enflave those unhappy people. If the Manumiffion is registered, they are not remedilefs. I mention these cautions, for the fake of thofe Ne

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groes who are happy enough to get their freedom.

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Of the Manner of docking Estates Tail, Reversions, and Remainders; and of barring Dower in the Colonies; with Directions for authenticating and registering Deeds there, and Abftraits from feveral Acts of Affembly relating thereto.

HE mode of conveying real and perfonal property in the British Weft India Islands, is fimilar to that ufed in England, except that in the Colonies they do not use fines and recoveries; but instead thereof, an Estate Tail, Reverfion, or Remainder, is docked, and destroyed by an acknowledgment made before a Judge; and Dower is barred by the private examination of a feme covert, by a Judge who certifies the fame on the back of the conveyance. This cheap and concise method of effecting those purposes, is preferable to the tedious and expenfive procefs of fines and recoveries in England. See the 2d Black, Com. 361.

By an Act of Affembly of the Island of Barbadoes, which was paffed in the year 1649, and revived in 1661, foon after the Restoration of King Charles the Second, by a law, intitled, "An A& "concerning the conveyance of Eftates;" which (after reciting that the King's writs did not run there, whereby fines and recoveries could not be there had and levied, as in England, &c.) enacts, "That a Deed made in due form of law, and acknowledged within three months after the date of it, before the refident Governor for

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