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Bibliography of State Slavery Statutes VA-1859
270• An Act to amend the charter of the city
of Alexandria, [pp. 176-178]
287• An Act to amend an act incorporating
the town of Harrisonburg in the county of
Rockingham, and to extend the corporate
limits of the same. [pp. 191-192]
420• An Act to incorporate the Ashland
hotel and mineral well company, [pp.
252-253]
455• An Act to authorize the circuit court of
Orange to decree the sale of the lands of the
Connerlys (free persons of color) in said
county, [pp. 268-269]
456• An Act to provide for the disposition of
Sarah Ann and her infant children, persons
of color in the county of Culpeper. [p. 269]
Descriptors: Alexandria, VA; Dogs; Appropria-
tions; Ashland Hotel and Mineral Well Co.;
Capital punishment; Culpeper County, VA;
Elections; Essex County, VA; Free Negroes;
Free white males; Hancock County, VA;
Harrisonburg, VA; Highways and roads; Hiring
of negroes; Hotels; Immigration; Importation of
slaves; Imprisonment; Incorporation of cities and
towns; Incorporation of companies; Inheritance;
James City, VA; King & Queen County, VA;
Liberia; Liquor laws; Mulattoes; Negroes; New
Kent, VA; Orange County, VA; Portsmouth,
VA; Rockingham County, VA; Sales of slaves;
Taxation; Town charters; Virginia Colonization
Society; Connerly, Emily (free person of color);
Connerly, Lucinda (free person of color);
Connerly, Mary (free person of color); Connerly,
Sarah (free person of color); Ficklin, Cyrus;
Newman, Ella; Sarah Ann (person of color);
Smith, William
VA-1859
Contains:
1• An Act for the Assessment of Taxes on
Persons and Property, [pp. 3, 17, 18, 22, 26,
38]
2• An Act making Regulations concerning
Licenses, [pp. 38-41, 43, 57]
3• An Act imposing Taxes for the Support of
Government, [pp. 57-59, 65, 70-71]
4• An Act for the Collection of Taxes on
Persons and Property, [pp. 71,80-81,83, 86]
28• An Act making an additional Appropria-
tion to defray the Expenses incurred for the
Defence of the Commonwealth, [pp. 129-
130]
31• An Act to amend and re-enact the 1st
section of Chapter 104 of the Code. [p. 131]
34• An Act to amend the 1st section of an act
passed April 1, 1858, entitled an act to
amend the 30th section of chapter 96 of the
Code, so as more effectually to prevent
Dealing with Slaves, and repealing the 2nd
section of the said act of April 1, 1858. [pp.
133-134]
42• An Act to amend the act passed March
17, 1856, entitled an act to amend the 24th,
25th, 26th, 27th and 28th sections of
chapter 192 of the Code of Virginia, so as
more effectually to prevent the Escape of
Slaves, [pp. 140-144]
54• An Act authorizing the Sale of Free
Negroes into Slavery who are sentenced to
receive certain punishments and imprison-
ment, [pp. 163-164]
281• An Act providing for the Voluntary
Enslavement of Mary and her Children,
persons of color in the County of Culpeper.
[pp. 492-493]
282• An Act to provide for the Enslavement
of Martha Brown, by the County Court of
Giles, [pp. 493-494]
284• An Act to prohibit the catching of Fish
in certain waters with Cod, Gill, or
Threshing Nets, by surrounding them. [p.
495]
285• An Act authorizing the Justices of the
County Courts of Hanover, Culpeper and
Orange to impose a Tax upon Dogs. [pp.
495-496]
425• An Act to compensate Andrew Hunter
of Charlestown, for his legal services in
Prosecutions against John Brown and others
connected with the recent Outrage at
Harpers Ferry, [pp. 647-648]
439• An Act allowing a Pension to Mrs.
Bridget Boerley, widow of Boerley, who was
killed at the Harpers Ferry affair, [p. 655]
440• An Act for the relief of George W.
Richardson of the Town of Martinsburg,
[pp. 655-656]
State Slavery Statutes 351