Governor v. . Howard

From Wilmington District. The act of 1794, ch. 2, sec. 2, declares "that every person importing or bringing slaves or indented servants of color into this State after the first day of May the next ensuing, by land or water, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of £ 100 for each and every slave or indented servant of color so imported or brought. And every person who shall knowingly sell, buy or hire such slave or indented servant of color shall in like manner forfeit and pay the sum of £ 100 for each and every slave or servant of color so sold, brought or…