| Date | 1824 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter 35 |
| Description/Full Text | For enticing or advising any servant or slave away from home, or knowingly employing or harboring a runaway servant or slave, the penalty is $10.00 to $20.00, one-half to the informer and the other half to the Literary Fund, or ten to twenty lashes on the bare back if not paid. Search warrents are to be allowed to search for runaway slaves. Whenever the master or owner of any slave shall desire to confine him in jail, it shall be lawful for the jailer to receive him, provided the justice be of the opinion he may be confined without public inconvenience, and he shall not be confined in the same apartment with any free white person. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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