@Regrann from @tlouis17 - @Regrann from @amitz_nasi - repost via @instarepost20 from @amitz_nasi Part 1.. ”#Virginia1682“Act I. It is enacted that all servants which shall be imported into this country either by sea or by land, whether #Negroes, #Moors, #mulattoes or #Indians who and whose parentage and native countries are not #Christian at the time of their first purchase #bysomeChristian.. #allIndians, which shall be sold by #ourneighboring #Indians, or any other #trafficking with us for slaves, are hereby adjudged, deemed and #takentobeslaves to all intents and purposes any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ”#Virginia1705"All servants #imported and brought into the Country...who #werenotChristians in their #nativeCountry...shall be accounted and be slaves. #AllNegro, #mulatto and #Indianslaves within this dominion...shall be held to be #realestate. "#SouthCarolina1712"Be it therefore enacted, by his Excellency, William, #LordCraven, Palatine.... and the rest of the members of the General Assembly, now met at #CharlesTown, for the South-west part of this Province, and by the authority of the same, #Thatall #negros, #mulattoes, #mestizo's or #Indians, which at any time heretofore have been #sold, or now are held or taken to be, or hereafter shall be bought and #soldforslaves, are hereby declared slaves; and they, and their children, are hereby made and #declaredslaves..." #instarepost20