Fighting for Survival
"10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IF ANY SLAVE HEREAFTER EMANCIPATED SHALL REMAIN WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER HIS OR HER RIGHT TO FREEDOM SHALL HAVE ACCRUED, HE OR SHE SHALL FORFEIT ALL SUCH RIGHT, AND MAY BE APPREHENDED AND SOLD BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF ANY COUNTY OR CORPORATION IN WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE FOUND, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR OF SUCH COUNTY OR CORPORATION."
"AN ACT TO AMEND THE SEVERAL LAWS CONCERNING SLAVES" (VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1806)
"AN ACT TO AMEND THE SEVERAL LAWS CONCERNING SLAVES" (VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1806)