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Virginia Slavery Laws


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Story date: 1751

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County Records For 1751

Story date: 1751

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The Examination of Hamelot Robinson

Story date: 1751

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The Examination & Trial of Dollar & Greenock

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Indictment of a White Person for Dealing with a Slave, February 29, 1764.

Story date: 1764

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A Person Accused of Interfering With the Sheriff, February 1764.

Story date: 1764

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Joshua Accused of Disturbing the Peace, February 29, 1764.

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Littleton Read, the man accused of trading with a slave, accused of stealing corn, February 29, 1764.

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A Complaint Against a Female Tavern-Keeper

Story date: 1764

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Complaints about Straton Burton, August, 1764.

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A Woman Suspected of Murdering a Slave, October, 1764

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Trial of Obadiah, December, 1764

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Margaret Bayley Appears Before the Justices Again, June, 1765.

Story date: 1765

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Trial of Ismay, August, 1765.

Story date: 1765

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Jane Crouch Convicted of Bearing Mulatto Children, December 1765.

Story date: 1765

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Trial of Bett, March 1766.

Story date: 1766

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Examination of George Scott, July 1766.

Story date: 1766

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Complaint of an Apprentice, July 1766

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Trial of George Scott, July 1766

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A Petition Presented by John Smith Against Job, a Free Black, August 1766

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Trial of Diah (Dyah), August 1766

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Trial of Esther, April 1767

Story date: 1767

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Presentment for "Negro Dealing," or Trading With Blacks, April 1767

Story date: 1767

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Another Case of a White Man Charged With Buying Goods From a Slave, August 1767

Story date: 1767

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A Case of a White Woman Dealing With a Slave, October 1767

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Trial of Glasgow, September 1767

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John Custis Charged With Interfering With the Capture of Several Runaway Slaves, December 1767.

Story date: 1767

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A Woman Charged With Bearing an Illegitimate Mixed Race Child, December 1767

Story date: 1767

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A Woman Sentenced to Thirty-Nine Lashes, December 1767

Story date: 1767

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Another Case of a Mixed Race Illegitimate Child, January 1768

Story date: 1768

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