A Supplementary Act to the Act relating to Servants and Slaves.
Whereas it may be of very dangerous Consequence to admit and allow as Evidences in Law, in any of the Courts of Record, or before any Magistrate within this Province, any Negro, or Mulatto Slave, or Free Negro, or Mulatto born of a White Woman, during their Servitude appointed by Law, or any Indian Slave, or Free Indian Natives of this or the neighbouring Provinces:
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II. Be it therefore Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of
Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the End of this present Session of Assembly, no Negro, or Mulatto Slave, Free Negro, or Mulatto born of a White Woman, during his Time of Servitude by Law, or any Indian Slave, or Free Indian Natives of this or the neighbouring Provinces, be admitted and received as good and valid Evidence in Law, in any Matter or Thing whatsoever, depending before any Court of Record, or before any Magistrate within this Province, wherein any Christian White Person is concerned.
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Quelle:
Bacon, Thomas, ed.,
Laws of Maryland at large, with proper indexes, Now first collected into one compleat body, and published from the original acts and records, remaining in the Secretary's-office of the said province, Together with notes and other matters, relative to the constitution thereof, extracted from the provincial records, To which is prefixed, the charter, with an English translation,
(Annapolis: Jonas Green, 1765), 300.
