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Description and Holding Information
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1727, Acts of Assembly passed in the Colony of Virginia, from 1662 to 1715
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Acts of the General Assembly of the Colony of Virginia from 1662 to 1715, Volume 1, and printed in London in 1727. Included was an table of contents, titled as Index to the Laws; the laws were listed in chronological order. Of note, on page 91, a law was passed that declared that a master or his appointments who kill the slave while correcting him, will be acquitted of molestation or murder felony, since malice cannot be presumed given that this would destroy his own "estate." (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Library of Congress).
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Title:
Acts of Assembly, passed in the colony of Virginia, from 1662, to 1715. Volume I.
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OCLC Number:
173651662
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Available Volumes
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Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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