Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #105 from Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860)

Date 1753
Law/Legislation Law
Jurisdiction VA
Title Chapter VII
Description/Full Text An act for the better government of servants and slaves re-enacts much of Chapter XIV, 1748, with sections on the bastard children of women servants by free fathers, by Negroes, or mulattoes, the intermarriage of whites and Negroes, etc.
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Source Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild
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