The Revised Code of 1819 contains the following footnote to Section 111:
_Slaves (negroes) were first brought into Virginia , by a Dutch ship about the year 1619-20; Bev. Hist. Virg. p. 51; Burk's Hist. Virg. vol 1, p.211; Smith's Hist Virg. p.126. The importation of slaves was thenceforth permitted till the revolution: the Colonial Assembly passed several laws to prohibit the importation, but the crown constantly withheld its assent. See preamble to Const. Virginia. c. 4. As to the persons who might be imported into the colony as slaves, see the note on the title, ante. c. 25._
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