--_Revised
Statutes North Carolina, chap. III._
The next section provides that if the free person of color so notified,
does not leave within the twenty days after receiving the notice, he may
be arrested on a warrant from any Justice, and be held to bail for his
appearance at the next county court, when he will be subject to the
penalties specified above; or in case of his failure to give bonds, he may
be sent to jail.
I made known my situation to my friends, and after taking legal counsel it
was determined to endeavor to induce, if possible, the complainants to
prosecute no farther at present, and then as the Legislature of the State
was to sit in about two months, to petition that body for permission to
remain in the State until I could complete the purchase of my family;
after which I was willing, if necessary, to leave.
From January 1st, 1837, I had been employed as I have mentioned, in the
office of the Governor of the State, principally under the direction of
his private Secretary, in keeping the office in order, taking the letters
to the Post Office, and doing such other duties of the sort as occurred
from time to time.
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