[Sidenote: Concerning marriage.]
25. And be it enacted, that no slaves shall be compelled to do any work
for their masters for [three] days after their marriage.
[Sidenote: Concerning pregnant women.]
26. And be it enacted, that no woman shall be obliged to field-work, or
any other laborious work, for one month before her delivery, or for six
weeks afterwards.
[Sidenote: Separation of husband and wife, and children, to be avoided.]
27. And be it enacted, that no husband and wife shall be sold
separately, if originally belonging to the same master; nor shall any
children under sixteen be sold separately from their parents, or one
parent, if one be living.
[Sidenote: Concerning the same.]
28. And be it enacted, that, if an husband and wife, which before their
intermarriage belonged to different owners, shall be sold, they shall
not be sold at such a distance as to prevent mutual help and
cohabitation; and of this distance the minister shall judge, and his
certificate of the inconvenient distance shall be valid, so as to make
such sale unlawful, and to render the same null and void.
[Sidenote: Negroes not to work on Saturday afternoon or Sunday.
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