| Date | 1765 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter XXIV |
| Description/Full Text | Whereas divers ill-dispoed persons have been guilty of selling certain mulattoes and other as slaves, who are by law subject to serve only to thirty-one years of age, after which they become free, it is enacted that any one so doing knowingly shall forfeit fifty pounds to the purchaser. If any person shall be guilty a second time of selling the same servant as a slave, he shall forfeit the residue of the time due from such servant, who shall thereupon be bound to serve until twenty-one years of age, in the same manner as is directed for orphan children. If the person selling cannot pay this fine, he must serve the buyer the time that would have been due from the servant. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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