| Summary: | From pages 122 and 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 Venus a black woman, and her two children, viz. Francis a mulatto boy, aged about six years, and Margurete [sic] a mulatto girl, aged about ten months, slaves of Frank Mitchell 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 Frank Mitchell enter into bond with security, in the penal sum of three thousand dollars, to be approved of 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 Venus, Francis and Margurete, or either of them shall not become a public charge; and that the said Frank Mitchell shall educate and maintain the said boy Francis, until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and the said girl Margurete until she arrives at the age of eighteen years, or until she marry, whichever may first happen." A transcription is included.
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