this country shalbe held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother…”This Virginia colonial law of December 1662 made a child of an enslaved mother also a slave for life following the English common law where a child received his or her status from his mother.
“Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shalbe held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother…”This Virginia colonial law of December 1662 made a child of an enslaved mother also a slave for life following the English common law where a child received his or her status from his mother.
this country shalbe held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother…”This Virginia colonial law of December 1662 made a child of an enslaved mother also a slave for life following the English common law where a child received his or her status from his mother.