| Date | 1817 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter XXI |
| Description/Full Text | Any person removing into the Commonwealth with the intention of becoming a citizen and inhabiant and being the owner of any slaves born within the United States may bring such slaves in, in the same manner as if at the time of such removel he had been the owner thereof for two years (subject to other provisions of the act of 1813). A provision is here added in favor persons who have removed to this Commonwealth since January, 1813, freeing them of penalties as if they had been the owners of slaves for two years. Persons owning lands in Virginia, and in any adjourning state or the District of Columbia, may lawfully work their slaves in any one or all such farms, but such slaves are not to be sold in this Commonwealth. Persons living in this Commonwealth may hire their slaves out to other states or hire slaves from other states for one or two years, but the children of female slaves cannot remain beyond the continuance of the hiring. Slaves acquired by gift may be brought in on the same conditions as if acquired by marriage, decent, or devise. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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