| Summary: | From pages 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 mulatto girl named Mileysertte alias Millescent, aged about seven years, daughter of a black woman named Franchonette, and the slave of Ulysses J. Barnard, of Mobile, be, and she is hereby emancipated and freed from slavery; saving however, the rights of creditors, and on the express condition, that the said Ulysses J. Barnard enter into bond with security, in the penal sum of one 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 Mileysertte alias Millescent, shall not become a public charge, and that the said Ulysses J. Barnard, shall educate and maintain the said Mileysertte alias Millescent, until she arrives at the age of eighteen years, or until she marry, whichever may first happen."
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