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Title
Year
Location
Abridgement of laws relating to Run-aways.
1663
Virginia
Abridgement of laws relating to Negroes.
1668
Virginia
Abridgement of laws relating to Slaves.
1669
Virginia
An Act for the speedy and easy Prosecution of Slaves committing Capital Crimes.
1692
Virginia
An Act declaring Slaves to be real Estate.
1705
Virginia
An Act to explain and amend the Act for declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slaves, within this Dominion, to be real Estate; and Part of one other Act, intituled An Act for the Distribution of Intestates Estates, declaring Widows Rights to their deceased Husbands Estates, and for Securing Orphans Estates.
1705
Virginia
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves
1705
Virginia
An Act declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slave this Dominion, to be real Estate.
1705
Virginia