Petition #11686012

Abstract

As advocates "for the perpetuation of the present social relations of Virginia, for the maintenance of peace within her borders, and for a community of interest amongst her citizens,” forty-two residents of Frederick, Jefferson, and Clarke counties seek to bring the ownership of "negro property within the means of the Poor as well as of the Rich," by asking that "a limited amount of such property"--equal to the value of "one good slave"--be exempt from "all legal process for debt," including judgments, executions, and liens. They "believe that under such a law many mechanics and laboring men generally would purchase one servant to wait on their families, and thus that the strong bonds of a common interest would be added to the social feeling which impels the citizens of Virginia to resist alike invasion from without and treason at home."

Result: Referred to committee for courts of justice.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia