The legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia passes the Manumission Act, freeing all slaves who served in the Continental Army.
[restored 9/5/2021]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Virginia Constitution of 1776, Declaration of Rights, Section 13
www.law.gmu.edu/assets/files/academics/founders/VA-Constitution.pdf
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 34.
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