dec 14, 1775 - Dec 14. The Virginia statesmen assembled in Williamsburg and passed a retaliatory declaration. It stated that any runaway slave who surrendered to them would be pardoned, but any slave who took up arms for the British or was captured attempting to reach British lines would be executed as a traitor without trial or mercy.
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dec 14, 1775
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~ 250 years ago