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Virginia, 1662. White Backlash to Elizabeth Key’s Black
Freedom. New law: children born in the colony “shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother.” #stories of America’s founding era at t.co/1N4SXi9aeD #behindthedata t.co/AuBLWuKlqr t.co/n5RTND61Em
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Virginia, 1655. Elizabeth Key sues for her freedom. A jury agrees she inherits the condition of her freeborn White father, not her enslaved African mother. Case provokes first White Backlash in North America. t.co/1N4SXi9aeD #stories #behindthedata
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