I would think the law passed in 1662 is the first to suggest that there was a
bi-racial Virginia...
1662. Act XII. Children got by an Englishmen upon a Negro woman shall be bond
or free according to the condition of the mother, and if any Christian shall
commit fornication with a Negro man or woman, he shall pay double the ones of
the fomer act.
Black Laws of Virginia - A Summary of the Legislative Acts of VA Concerning
Negroes from the Earliest Times to the Present
June Purcell Guild
Selma Stewart
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