http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_VA.htm  Appears the
author looked at the codes themselves. Interesting. Nothing about
prohibited manumissions in 1851. (or thereafter).



On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There was no such law, but freed slaves were legally required to leave the
> commonwealth within one year, though that was not usually enforced.
>
> Craig Kilby
>
> On May 30, 2012, at 10:42 AM, John Philip Adams wrote:
>
> > There may have been a law passed in 1851 in Virginia to prohibit freeing
> of
> > slaves.
>
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