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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08058.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1801 |
| Title | A Bill, to amend the act, entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters" |
| Date | 25 February 1801 |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general description of the slave and his time and place of employment for at least three weeks. Requires jailers to advertise for at least six weeks that a slave has been jailed. Says whoever has the slave jailed will have to put up security for any bills and fees the jailing will incur. |
| Subjects | Congress Government and Civics Law Runaway Slave Slavery African American History Petition Manumission Labor Prisoner |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | A Bill, to amend the act, entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters" |