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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 1786
Photographer: Bernard Fisher
Taken: January 1, 2015
Caption: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 1786
Additional Description: Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Submitted: January 2, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p297205
File Size: 0.709 Megabytes

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