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The Richmond Palladium
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana
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In New Orleans, voluntary emancipations of slaves occur frequently in courts, with freed individuals often proving capable by acquiring property, becoming wealthy, and sometimes slaveholders themselves. The process requires jury approval from slaveholders, confirming the slave's good character and self-support ability. Other Southern states prohibit emancipation.
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"Many of these slaves thus set free become the owners of property, and some of them even rich; and singular as it may appear, many of them become in turn slaveholders."
The mode of legal emancipation in New Orleans is somewhat peculiar. Every case must be decided on by a jury of twelve slaveholders. It must be the voluntary act of the owner, who must prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the slave is of good character and capable of self support. In other Southern States the emancipation of Slaves is entirely prohibited.
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New Orleans
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freed slaves become property owners, some rich, and many become slaveholders; emancipation vindicates policy by showing self-support capability.
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Cases of voluntary emancipation of slaves continually occur in New Orleans courts. Owners must prove to a jury of twelve slaveholders that the slave is of good character and capable of self-support. This is prohibited in other Southern states.