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Virginia Slave Codes of 1705

Colonial Virginia consolidates slavery into a sweeping legal code defining the enslaved as property.

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October 1705
Virginia Slave Codes of 1705
Colonial Virginia consolidates slavery into a sweeping legal code defining the enslaved as property.

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