In 1829 the African-American population of Delaware was comprised of 15,855 free negroes, and 3,292 slaves. The laws of the State of Delaware for this period reflect the morality of the time. Listed below are the laws of the State of Delaware in the year 1829 regarding the Negro and Mulatto populations.

• Not to be bound, if parent will indemnify county. Page 35
• Licenses to export. Pages 154, 501
• Not to be employed to inflict corporal punishment on a white person. Page 157
• Free, at place of election, penalty. Page 188
• Escaping from other States into this. Page 291
• Run-a-way travelling without a pass, deemed so. Page 292
• Setting free, indemnity to county. Pg. 406
• Free, their privileges Pg. 407
• Manumission, requisites to validity. Page 408
• To be free at future day, slaves in the meantime. Page 409
• To be free at future day, absenting, satisfaction Page 410
• In out of State six months, non-residents Page. 411
• Run-a-way Pg. 413
• Harboring, another’s slave or servant, penalty Page. 414
• Liability of master for maintenance. Page 416
• Petitioning for freedom. Pgs. 499
• Petitioning for freedom. Pg. 500
• Licenses to import. Page 501