Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

Record Detail

Record #64 from Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860)

Date 1811
Law/Legislation Law
Jurisdiction VA
Title Chapter XIV
Description/Full Text Inconveniences arising in the law on slaves, it is amended and herewith provided that persons, citizens of this Commonwealth and residiing therein, who now are or may hereafter be entitled by marriage, decent, or devise, to any slave in any other of the United States, shall be at liberty to bring them into this state, providede a certificate within sixty days is filed from the court of the place from which the slaves come showing how the slaves were required and a description of their persons and names.
Additional Information
Source Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild
Transcriber Notes

If you are citing this record, please use the following format:

[Author (if known)], Laws and Legislation Related to Slavery and Free Blacks in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (1642-1860), [Date (if known)], Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva’s Black History, Nabb Research Center, Salisbury University.

Pinned records can be viewed at any time by clicking the More menu in the top right corner of the page, then selecting My Pinned Records.