| Date | 1727 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter XI |
| Description/Full Text | This act, to explain and amend the act of 1705, states that slaves are to pass as chattels by bargain and sale, gift and will. The slaves of a woman vest absolutley in her husband on marriage. Infants about eighteen years of age by last will and testament may dispose of their slaves. No executor or administrator shall sell slaves, except for the payment of debts, and then only when there is insufficient of the personal estate to pay such debts. It may be very advantagrous to estates to establish a method of settling slaves and their increase so that they may decend with lands and tenements; it is enacted that any person by deed or will wherein lands are conveyed, may declare slaves and their increase shall pass as part of the freehold. Slaves annexed to the land are nevertheless liable to execution and sale for the debts of the tenant in tail. If ant person be possessed of slaves which shall be annexed to the ladn, they shall not be taken in execution for debt so as to bar the widow. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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