| Date | 1811 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter XIV |
| Description/Full Text | Inconveniences arising in the law on slaves, it is amended and herewith provided that persons, citizens of this Commonwealth and residiing therein, who now are or may hereafter be entitled by marriage, decent, or devise, to any slave in any other of the United States, shall be at liberty to bring them into this state, providede a certificate within sixty days is filed from the court of the place from which the slaves come showing how the slaves were required and a description of their persons and names. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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