Charles City County, VA Slavery-related Petitions to the Legislature

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Charles City County
Slavery-related Petitions
to the Legislature

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Petitioner

Locality

Date

Description

Bassett, Patsey Charles City County 1827/12/08 Former slave emancipated by the will of John Clark asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.

Betty Charles City County 1827/12/08 Former slave emancipated by the will of John Clark asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.

Carter, Bernard M. & Lee, Anne H. (on behalf of Carter Lee, Anna Lee, Smith Lee, Robert Lee, & Mildred Lee) Charles City County 1816/12/12 Ask for an act authorizing petitioner to sell slaves devised them through the will of Mildred W. Carter. Includes will.

Carter, Henry Charles City County 1815/12/21 Emancipated six years ago by his late master Robert Pleasants, asks for an act authorizing petitioner's wife Prescilla to remain, after emancipation, in the Commonwealth. Includes certificates.

Cary, Ephraim & Betsey (Free Negroes) Charles City County 1835/01/21 Former slaves of John Tyler sold to John Lewis and emancipated by him in 1831 ask for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.

Copeland, Peter Charles City County 1782/06/11 Asks for compensation for his slave who was executed for a felony. Includes certificate.

Inhabitants of Charles City & New Kent Charles City County 1831/12/27 Protest against the practice of mill owners employing slaves and ask for a law requiring every owner of a mill to keep employed as his miller a white man and to make it necessary that he should obtain a certificate of good character from the court.

Society of Friends (Quakers) Charles City County 1831/12/14 Ask for an act declaring all persons born in the state after some period to be declared free and that the state of Virginia provide some territory for the formation of a colony for people of color.

Petitioner	Locality	Date	Description
Bassett, Patsey	Charles City County	1827/12/08	Former slave emancipated by the will of John Clark asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.
Betty	Charles City County	1827/12/08	Former slave emancipated by the will of John Clark asks for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.
Carter, Bernard M. & Lee, Anne H. (on behalf of Carter Lee, Anna Lee, Smith Lee, Robert Lee, & Mildred Lee)	Charles City County	1816/12/12	Ask for an act authorizing petitioner to sell slaves devised them through the will of Mildred W. Carter. Includes will.
Carter, Henry	Charles City County	1815/12/21	Emancipated six years ago by his late master Robert Pleasants, asks for an act authorizing petitioner's wife Prescilla to remain, after emancipation, in the Commonwealth. Includes certificates.
Cary, Ephraim & Betsey (Free Negroes)	Charles City County	1835/01/21	Former slaves of John Tyler sold to John Lewis and emancipated by him in 1831 ask for permission to remain in the Commonwealth.
Copeland, Peter	Charles City County	1782/06/11	Asks for compensation for his slave who was executed for a felony. Includes certificate.
Inhabitants of Charles City & New Kent	Charles City County	1831/12/27	Protest against the practice of mill owners employing slaves and ask for a law requiring every owner of a mill to keep employed as his miller a white man and to make it necessary that he should obtain a certificate of good character from the court.
Society of Friends (Quakers)	Charles City County	1831/12/14	Ask for an act declaring all persons born in the state after some period to be declared free and that the state of Virginia provide some territory for the formation of a colony for people of color.