DECREE of the Conseil of Léogane, which orders that Sellers of nègres afflicted with Madness or Falling Sickness shall, during the course of six months, be required to take them back

THE CONSEIL, ruling on the remonstrance of the Procureur-Général du Roi, after deliberating on it, has ordered and does order that in future all Merchants and other individuals who sell nègres shall be required to answer for the outcome with respect to the said nègres, in case they are afflicted with Falling Sickness or Madness during the space of six months, counting from the day they are delivered to the buyers, in which case they shall be required to take back the nègres sold by them and return their price to the said buyers. It orders that the present Decree be registered, read, published and posted in all the Jurisdictions, etc.