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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