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VA-1843 Bibliography of State Slavery Statutes
84• An Act requiring that sealed measures
. shall be used in ascertaining the quantity of
oysters sold in or taken from certain waters.
[pp. 63-65]
150• An Act concerning Shepherd Brown of
the state of Mississippi, [p. 114]
152• An Act for the relief of George Angus
and Henry Angus, persons of colour, [p.
114]
• Resolutions condemning certain resolutions
of the general assembly of the state of
Massachusetts, proposing an amendment of
the constitution of the United States.
Adopted February 15, 1844. [p. 115]
Descriptors: Abduction of slaves and free persons
of color; Aged and infirm slaves; Appropriations;
Arson; Capital punishment; Constitutional
amendments; Emancipation; Free Negroes;
Importation of slaves; Inheritance; Massa-
chusetts; Mississippi; Mulattoes; New York
State; Petersburg, VA; Taxation; Trading with
free negroes and mulattoes; Angus, Judith (free
person of color); Angus, George (slave); Angus,
Henry (slave); Brown, Shepherd; Gee, James S.
VA-1844
Contains:
1• An Act imposing taxes for the support of
government, [pp. 3, 8]
3• An Act appropriating the public revenue,
[pp. 9-11]
72• An Act amending an act, entitled "an act
to prevent the citizens of New York from
carrying slaves out of this commonwealth,"
passed March 13th, 1841. [pp. 61-62]
73• An Act amending an act, entitled "an act
reducing into one of the several acts
concerning slaves, free negroes and mu-
lattoes," passed March 2nd, 1819. [pp.
62-63]
149• An Act allowing the legal representative
of Mary Stubblefield compensation for her
condemned slave, [p. 131]
150• An Act for the relief of William Nock
of Accomack. [p. 131]
151• An Act authorizing the auditor of public
accounts to issue a warrant on the treasury
in favour of Charles T. Grills, for the sum of
$575, the valuation of his condemned slave,
[p. 131]
344 State Slavery Statutes
166• An Act granting power to the county
court of Accomack to decide upon the
applications of Peter Snead and Richard
Chandler to remain in the commonwealth.
[p. 135]
Descriptors: Abduction of slaves and free persons
of color; Accomack County, VA; Aged and
infirm slaves; Appropriations; Boats and ships;
Capital punishment; Emancipation; Free
Negroes; Fugitive slave laws, states; Fugitives;
Hiring of slaves; Imprisonment; Mulattoes; New
York State; Orange County, VA; Pulaski
County, VA; Rockbridge County, VA; Taxation;
Chandler, Richard (emancipated slave); Grills,
Charles T.; Nock, William; Snead, Peter
(emancipated slave); Stubblefield, Mary
VA-1845
Contains:
1• An Act imposing taxes for the support of
government, [pp. 3, 8]
2• An Act appropriating the public revenue,
[pp. 8-10]
15• An Act concerning the admission of
patients into the lunatic asylums of this
commonwealth, [p. 18]
93• An Act concerning the punishment of
free negroes and mulattoes in certain cases,
[p. 66]
94• An Act changing the punishment of free
negroes and mulattoes for certain offences,
[p. 66]
95• An Act prescribing the mode of
proceeding in cases of coloured persons,
charged with or convicted of crime, as free
persons, when they are claimed as slaves, [p.
67]
96• An Act amending the act, entitled "an
act to prevent the citizens of New York from
carrying slaves out of this commonwealth,
and to prevent the escape of persons
charged with the commission of any
offence," passed March 13th, 1841, and all
acts amendatory thereof, [pp. 67-68]
179• An Act authorizing the trustees of the
town of Lexington, in the county of
Rockbridge, to use the county jail for certain
purposes, [p. 134]