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A colleague asked me recently when it was that Virginia, either the colony
or
the Commonwealth, made it "a formal policy to prevent teaching slaves to
read." I had thought such a statute was passed in the early 1830s, but I
find no evidence to support my impression. I looked in studies of Virginia
law and slavery, but did not find an answer to my question. Of course, the
statute prescribed punishment for those who taught the slaves; therefore,
it might not have been a part of the slave code at all.

I hope someone can help.  Thanks.

James R. Sweeney
Department of History
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529

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