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Laws related to: Virginia

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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 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 1705 Virginia
An Act declaring Slaves to be real Estate. 1705 Virginia
An Act declaring the Negro, Mulatto, and Indian Slave this Dominion, to be real Estate. 1705 Virginia
An Act concerning Servants and Slaves 1705 Virginia
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