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Transmits a copy of an Act of the legislature of Grenada [not in item], repealing...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/44/33

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CO 101/44/33
Date
1806 Nov 9
Description

Transmits a copy of an Act of the legislature of Grenada [not in item], repealing a part of the Guardian Act; the part repealed is a clause whereby ten per cent was paid by the colony for every hundred pounds paid on the manumission of Slaves; Maitland states 'a great abuse had been made of this provision, by persons manumitting Infants, or young children (generally their own illegitimate offspring) thereby burdening the Colony in a manner never intended.'

Frederick Maitland, Grenada, Folios 124a - 125.

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