However, the Act held the caveat that the children would be subject to apprenticeship. These same children would be required to serve their mother's owner until age twenty-eight for males, and age twenty-five for females. The law defined the children of slaves as a type of indentured servant, while scheduling them for eventual freedom.
However, the Act had a provision that the children would be apprenticed. These same children would have to serve their mother's owner until they reached age twenty-eight for males and age twenty-five for females. The law categorized the children of slaves as indentured servants, with eventual freedom in mind.