Virginia's Act XII: Negro Women's Children to Serve according to the Condition of the Mother - Milestone Documents

Virginia’s Act XII: Negro Women’s Children to Serve according to the Condition of the Mother

( 1662 ) Commentary by Martha Pallante, Youngstown State University

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“Some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman should be slave or free.”

“All children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother.”

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