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Virginia Code, 1819 -- Slaves and Literacy (cited from William Goodell, The American Slave Code, 1853)
12016-08-29T10:51:38-07:00Ashley M. Byock5e00a43042e1fdd1d8b14ef086fd026995ae9965107151The Virginia Legal Code in 1819 deemed schooling among slaves (and free black persons) to be "unlawful assembly"plain2016-08-29T10:51:38-07:00Ashley M. Byock5e00a43042e1fdd1d8b14ef086fd026995ae9965That all meetings or assemblages of slaves, or free negroes or mulattoes mixing and associating with such slaves at any meeting-house or houses, &c., in the night; or at any SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS for teaching them READING OR WRITING, either in the day or night, under whatsoever pretext, shall be deemed and considered an UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY; and any justice of a county, &c., wherein such assemblage shall be, either from his own knowledge or the information of others, of such unlawful assemblage, &c., may issue his warrant, directed to any sworn officer or officers, authorizing him or them to enter the house or houses where such unlawful assemblages, &c., may be, for the purpose of apprehending or dispersing such slaves, and to inflict corporal punishment on the offender or offenders, at the discretion of any justice of the peace, not exceeding twenty lashes.