Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1825-12-14

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Title: Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1825-12-14
Description: Billy Brown, a 'free man of colour,' had purchased his freedom 9 years earlier and since that time, had been employed by H-SC. Learning that the laws of Virginia required manumitted slaves to leave the state, he petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to be allowed to remain. A number of prominent white men signed the petition attesting to his character but the GA denied the petition. This event chronicles the filing of his second petition, also denied.
Event Type: See all items with this value Legal
Keywords: manumission; petition
Action Status: See all items with this value Failed
Date: December 14, 1825
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location: See all items with this value Prince Edward County
Preceding Event: Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1824-12-07
Following Event: Petition denied by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Source: See all items with this value Library of Virginia Legislative Petition, Prince Edward County
Primary Participant: William (Billy) Brown
Primary Participant Description: "A negro man...demonstrated himself with great propriety and integrity and ever since has behaved in such a manner as to deserve the character of an honest unoffending industrious man."
Freedom Status: See all items with this value Free
Additional Participant: See all items with this value James Morton
Petitioner: See all items with this value William (Billy) Brown
Organization: See all items with this value Hampden-Sydney College

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