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Subject:	Re: status of children born of slave mothers in 1858
From:	"Finkelman, Paul <[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 20:33:04 +0000
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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



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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