Virginia laws (1 Jan 1661 Jahr – 1 Jan 1669 Jahr)

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1661 - enslavement law: It indicates that some Africans and their descendants were not servants for life. However, if an indentured servant ran away with a black person who was considered a servant for life, the white servant had to serve additional time to compensate a master (or masters) for his/her absence and for the absence of the black individual.

1662 - Law of the Womb - children follow the status of the mother

1667 - christian baptism doesn't change slave status

1669 - killing of a slave is not a crime

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