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| | Slave Codes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Slaves imported from a foreign country since the first day of January, 1808, or which may hereafter be imported from such country, or slaves who have been tried and convicted of felony in any other state or territory, shall be not be imported into this state. |
 | | If a slave shall go from the residence of his owner without a written permit, specifying the place to which such slave is licensed to go, and the time of absence, he may be apprehended, taken before a justice of the peace, and punished by stripes, not exceeding thirty-nine, at the expense of the owner. |
 | | If a slave, without leave is writing from his owner, shall come upon the premises of a free white person, not being sent on lawful business, the owner of such premises, or the manager of the same, may punish such slaves for each offense by the infliction of ten stripes. |
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