| Summary: | From page 123 of ACTS PASSED AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, published in 1825: "And be it further enacted, That the coloured woman named Clarissa, aged about forty-six years, and the coloured girl named Patione, and the infant female child named Ciriah, slaves of Fermin Frenier of Mobile, be, and they are hereby emancipated and freed from slavery; saving however the rights of creditors, and on the express condition, that the said Fermin Frenier enter into bond with security, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, to be approved by the judge of the county court of Mobile county, made payable to the Governor and his successors in office, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; Conditioned, That the said Clarissa, Patione, and Ciriah or either of them, shall not become a public charge; and that the said Fermin Frenier, shall educate and maintain the said Patione and Ciriah, until they severally arrive at the age of eighteen years, or until they severally marry, whichever may first happen."
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