Partus Sequitur Ventrem: The 1662 Law That Made the Children of Enslaved African Women Enslaved by Birth
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In 1662, the colony of Virginia passed a law that changed the future of slavery in North America. It declared that the status of a child would be determined by the condition of the mother. If an enslaved African woman gave birth to a child, that child would be enslaved too, regardless of whether the […]
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