| Date | 1817 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter XV |
| Description/Full Text | If any free person advise or conspire with any other free person or Negro to induce or excite any slave to rebel or make insurrection every such free person shall be held a felon and suffer death by hanging. |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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