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Partus sequitur ventrem

Partus sequitur ventrem (lit. 'that which is born follows the womb'; also partus) was a legal doctrine passed in colonial Virginia in 1662 and other English crown colonies in the Americas which defined the legal status of children born there; the doctrine mandated that children of enslaved mothers would inherit the legal status of their mothers. As such…

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Partus sequitur ventrem

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those filed by Elizabethinstance ofAs a direct result of freedom suits0.80text
the Virginian House of Burgesses passed the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventreminstance ofAs a direct result of freedom suits0.80text
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his younger brother Randolphinstance ofbut there are other possible suspects0.80text

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