Virginia, 1667 Act III. Whereas some doubts have arisen whether children that are slaves by birth. . . should by virtue of their baptism be made free, it is enacted that baptism does not alter the ...

Virginia, 1639: The first law to exclude "Negroes" from normal protections by the government was enacted. • Maryland, 1664: The first colonial "anti-amalgamation" law is enacted (amalgamation ...

the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during ...