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Re: status of children born of slave mothers in 1858
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Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 May 2012 12:26:09 -0400
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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.

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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