jan 1, 1705 - Virginia Slave Code
Description:
...series of laws declaring all non-Christian servants entering the colony to be slaves-also allows masters to kill slaves,
-forbids slaves and free coloured people from physically assaulting white persons,
-denies slaves the right to bear arms or move abroad without written permission
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Date:
jan 1, 1705
Now
~ 320 years ago