General Assembly Session Records, May 15, April-June 1784, box 3, State Archives of North Carolina. Image: Courtesy of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural ResourcesThe State Archives of North Carolina is offering a virtual lunch-and-learn program, “Bound by Law: Limits to Emancipation during the Revolution,” examining the impact of early North Carolina laws on enslaved people and the fight for freedom, starting at noon Wednesday. The State Archives, a division of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, is hosting the program to spotlight “Bound by Law,” a project that explores legislation that restricted the emancipation of enslaved individuals in early North Carolina. The program is being held in recognition of Black History Month in February and the America 250 NC commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. During the program, former America 250 NC intern Olivia Cody, a student at Winston-Salem State University, will preview a new America 250 NC digital exhibit focused on these laws and their historical significance.