This did not ban emancipation. It stated emancipated slaves had 12 months to leave the Commonweatlh.
On May 30, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Finkelman, Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> See the va constituion of 1851 for this provision
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> From: Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wed, May 30, 2012 17:29:31 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] status of children born of slave mothers in 1858
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> There was no such law, but freed slaves were legally required to leave the commonwealth within one year, though that was not usually enforced.
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> Craig Kilby
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> On May 30, 2012, at 10:42 AM, John Philip Adams wrote:
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>> There may have been a law passed in 1851 in Virginia to prohibit freeing of
>> slaves.
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