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An Act for Suppressing Outlying Slaves, 1691

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Title

An Act for Suppressing Outlying Slaves, 1691

Subject

An attempt to control the rate of enslaved Africans who run away.

Description

Transcription Source: William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 (Philadelphia: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823), 3:86–88.

Source

https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/an-act-for-suppressing-outlying-slaves-1691/

Citation

“An Act for Suppressing Outlying Slaves, 1691”, The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-Spiritual Leadership, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed November 16, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/bipoc-trans-spiritual/item/2324.