The Chamber’s discussion continued to work through the consequences of declaring children free while retaining their labor. The legal category “ingênuo” did not mean full childhood autonomy: guardianship and service obligations could bind a child to an owner’s household. Enslaved and freed mothers later used the law’s limited provisions to contest those arrangements.
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What concern did gradual emancipation often protect?
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The proposal aimed to manage change while protecting slaveholder property and social order.
The law’s age-21 service rule meant that children born free could be compelled to work for years.
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The statute allowed owners to use their services to age 21 instead of taking compensation.