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

Glossary

fornication: sexual intercourse between people who are not married

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