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At Hening's Laws of Virginia 12:531, a 1787 statute:
Clayton Cramer ^
| 6 May, 2014
| Clayton Cramer
Posted on 05/07/2014 7:24:25 AM PDT by marktwain
Yes, execution for kidnapping and selling free persons as slaves.
TOPICS: Education; Government; History; Society
KEYWORDS: 1788; law; slavery; virginia
Interesting, and this was in Virgina, a southern slave state.
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posted on
05/07/2014 7:24:25 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
I liked the ‘death without benefit of clergy’ part.
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posted on
05/07/2014 7:37:21 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: marktwain
This maybe of use in eliminating our enslaving ‘rats and GOPe’rs.
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posted on
05/07/2014 7:40:05 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: marktwain
There is an insidious and growing human trafficking problem in America mostly involving Asian and Latin girls who are forced into sex slavery. Perhaps a strong rope would help to stem this hideous cruelty.
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posted on
05/07/2014 9:21:22 AM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
("How long, O Lord, holy and true?" - Rev. 6:10)
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