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Emancipation bond for Francoise Leones, who was freed by an act of the General Assembly of Alabama on December 2, 1824.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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From pages 123 and 124 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 coloured girl Francoise Leones, daughter of a black woman named Francoise, and the slave of Joseph Journin 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 Joseph Journin enter into bond with security, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved of by the judge of the county court of Mobile county, made payable to the Governor for the time being and his successors in office, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; Conditioned, that the said Francoise Leones, shall not become a public charge; and that the said Joseph Journin, shall educate and maintain the said girl Francoise Leones, until she arrives at the age of eighteen years, or until she marry, whichever may first happen."
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600 Ppi Tiff
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1825 February 15 1825 02 15
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