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2. Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 - Wikipedia

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   The enactment of the Slave Codes is considered to be the consolidation of slavery in Virginia, and served as the foundation of Virginia's slave legislation. [1] All servants from non-Christian lands became slaves. [2] There were forty one parts of this code each defining a different part and law surrounding the slavery in Virginia.

3. Law of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   The law of Virginia consists of several levels of legal rules, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local laws. The Code of Virginia contains the codified legislation that define the general statutory laws for the Commonwealth.

4. Filial responsibility laws - Wikipedia

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   Typically, these laws obligate adult children (or depending on the state, other family members) to pay for their indigent parents’/relatives' food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the ...

5. ‘A rude awakening’: Scarecrow laws threaten to make middle ...

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   According to Forbes reporting, over half the states currently have laws holding adult children financially responsible for the care of their senior parents. This may include nursing home, medical ...

6. Scarecrow laws threaten to make middle-aged Americans ... - AOL

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   ‘Scarecrow’ laws According to Forbes reporting, over half the states currently have laws holding adult children financially responsible for the care of their senior parents. This may include ...

7. Anti-literacy laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 1838, Virginia's free black population petitioned the state, as a group, to send their children to school outside of Virginia to bypass its anti-literacy law. They were refused. [8] In some cases, slaveholders ignored the laws. They looked the other way when their children played school and taught their slave playmates how to read and write.

8. Virginia Beach illustrator has created more than 50 coloring ...

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   His wife had just walked out the door of the small house they rented in Virginia Beach, leaving him with ... Virginia Beach illustrator has created more than 50 coloring books to teach kids about ...

9. List of Jim Crow law examples by state - Wikipedia

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   No white children were allowed to attend any graded common school for colored children and vice versa. 1918: Prisons This law allowed the segregation of races in all municipal, parish, and state prisons. 1921: Education This law called for separate public schools for the education of white and black children between the ages of six and eighteen.