XXIII.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,  That all Negroes,
and other Slaves, already imported, or hereafter to be imported into
this Province, and all Children now born, or hereafter to be born, of such
Negroes and Slaves, shall be Slaves during their natural Lives.

    XXIV.  And forasmuch as many People have neglected to baptize their Negroes,
oe suffer them to be baptized, on a vain Apprehension that Negroes,
by receiving the Sacrament of Baptism, are manumitted, and set free; Be it
hereby further Declared and Enacted, by and with the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That no Negro or Negroes, by receiving the Holy Sacrament
of Baptism, is thereby manumitted or set free, nor hath any Right or
Title to Freedom, more than he or they had before; any
Law, Usage or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

    XXV.  And be it further Enacted, That all Ministers, Pastors and Magistrates,
or other persons whatsoever, who according to the laws of this Province,
do usually join People in Marriage, shall not, upon any Pretence, join in
Marriage, any Negro whatsoever, or Mulatto Slave, with any White person,
on the Penalty of Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, the one Half to his Majesty,
his Heirs and Successors, for the Use of Free-Schools, the other Half to
the Informer, or him or them that shall sue for the same; to be recovered in
any Court of Record of this Province, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or
Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection or Wager of Law to be allowed.
    By the Act of 1717, ch. 13, §. 4, any Free Negro or Mulatto intermarrying with any White
Person, shall become a Slave for life, excepting Mulattoes born of White Women, who shall
only become Servants for Seven Years;  And any White Man or Woman intermarrying with
any Negro or Mulatto, shall become a Servant for Seven Years; to be disposed of at the Discretion
of the County Court, and applied towards the Support of the County School.

    XXVI.  And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That any
White Woman, whether Free or a Servant, that shall suffer herself to be got
with Child by a Negro or other Slave, or Free Negro; such Woman, so begot
with Child as aforesaid, if Free, shall become a Servant for and during
the Term of Seven Years; if a Servant, shall finish her Time of Servitude,
together with the Damage that shall accrue to such person to who she is a 
Servant, by Occasion of any Child or Children begotten as aforesaid, in the
Time of her Servitude as aforesaid, and after such Satisfaction made, shall
again become a Servant for and during the Term of Seven Years aforesaid.

    XXVII.  And if such Begotter of such Child as aforesaid, be a Free Negro,
he shall become a Servant, for and during the Term of Seven Years as aforesaid;
to be adjudged by the Justices of the County Court where such Fact is
committed, according to this Law, in the Clause made and provided against
such Servants as have Bastards:  And the Issues or Children of such unnatural
and inordinate Copulations, shall be Servants until they arrive at the Age of
One and Thirty Years.

    XXVIII.  And any White Man that shall beget any Negro Woman with
Child, whether Free Woman or Servant, shall undergo the same Penalties as
White Women:  All which Times if Servitude, by this Act imposed upon/
the Persons having so Offended, to be disposed of or employed as the Justices 
of such County shall think fit, the Produce whereof shall be appropriated towards
defraying the County Charge.
    By 1728, ch. 4, Free Mulatto Women and their Bastard Issue, shall be subject to the same
Penalties as White Women and their Issue are, for having Mulatto Bastards by three preceding
Sections:  And Free Negro Women having Bastards by White Men and their Issue, shall be
subject to the same Penalties.  And the Proceedings thereon to be the same as above prescribed.