dec 1, 1662 - Virginia Law (partus sequitur ventrem)
Description:
The law stated that enslaved status of children dependent on the status of the mother (in opposition to the English law, where the status of a child depended on the father). Now, enslaved women gave birth to generations of children that were seen as commodities and that allowed America to become a slave nation. The law is an aftermath of the case of Elizabeth Key-GrinsteadAdded to timeline:
Date:
dec 1, 1662
Now
~ 362 years ago