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Bibliography of State Slavery Statutes VA-1826
32• An Act concerning persons who have
suffered by the loss of slaves and other
property, taken and carried away by the
enemy during the late war between England
and the United States of America, [pp.
27-28]
45• An Act to amend the act entitled "an act
farther to amend the penal laws of this
Commonwealth." [pp. 37-38]
74• An Act concerning the Richmond and
Manchester colonization society, [p. 82]
102• An Act concerning Robert Trout, a man
of colour, [p. 100]
103• An Act allowing Jack, alias John
Booker, a man of colour, to remain in the
Commonwealth, [pp. 100-101]
104• An Act allowing Lewis Bowlah, a free
man of colour, to remain in the Common-
wealth, [pp. 101-102]
105• An Act authorising Jerry Peebles, a free
man of colour, to remain within this
Commonwealth, [p. 102]
Descriptors: Aged and infirm slaves; Appropria-
tions; Banishment; Capital punishment; Emanci-
pation; Free Negroes; Liberia; Manchester, VA;
Mulattoes; Nicholas County, VA; Petersburg,
VA; Pocahontas County, VA; Rape; Richmond,
VA; Richmond and Manchester Colonization
Society; Robbery and theft; Taxation; Whipping;
Bowlah, Lewis (person of color); Haxall, Henry;
Jack (alias John Booker, person of color);
McNeal, John; Peebles, Jerry (free person of
color); Scott, James; Trout, Robert (free person
of color)
VA-1825
Contains:
1• An Act imposing taxes for the support of
government, [pp. 3-5]
2• An Act appropriating the public revenue,
[pp. 5-7]
25• An Act authorising a loan for the
purposes of Internal Improvement, [pp.
26-29]
96• An Act establishing the town of
City-Point, [pp. 88-89]
129• An Act concerning William Jones, [p.
110]
138• An Act allowing Jacob Spengler, a man
of color, to remain in this Commonwealth.
[P. 113]
Descriptors: Aged and infirm slaves; Appropria-
tions; Bridges and ferries; Capital punishment;
City-Point, VA; Free white males; Harrisonburg,
VA; Incorporation of cities and towns; Pensions;
Prince George County, VA; Rockingham Coun-
ty, VA; Spotsylvania, VA; Taxation; Whipping;
Jones, William (free person of color); Spengler,
Jacob (free person of color)
VA-1826
Contains:
1• An Act imposing taxes for the support of
government, [pp. 3-5]
2• An Act appropriating the Public Revenue.
[PP- 5-6]
22• An Act to amend the act, entitled, "An
act reducing into one the several acts
concerning the fees of certain officers, and
declaring the mode of discharging the said
fees." [pp. 19-21]
26• An Act to amend the act entitled, "an
act, reducing into one the several acts
concerning slaves, free negroes and mu-
lattoes." [pp. 23-25]
29• An Act authorizing representatives to
sustain or revive actions in certain- cases of
trespass, [p. 27]
30• An Act to punish the burning or
otherwise injuring of public property, and
for other purposes, [pp. 27-28]
139• An Act allowing certain persons of
colour, emancipated by the will of Thomas
Jefferson, to remain in the Commonwealth,
[p. 127]
Descriptors: Aged and infirm slaves; Appropria-
tions; Arson; Boats and ships; Bridges and
ferries; Canals; Capital punishment; Courts;
Emancipation; Fees; Free Negroes; Mulattoes;
Negroes; Taxation; Trespassing and destruction
of property; Burwell (person of color); Fosset,
Joe (person of color); Hemmings, Eston (person
of color); Hemmings, John (person of color);
Hemmings, Madison (person of color); Jefferson,
Thomas
State Slavery Statutes 333