Sarah De Pass asks the legislature to permit her to keep a slave that she transported from South Carolina in violation of the law prohibiting the importation of slaves into Virginia. She explains to the legislature that her husband is in Jamaica for health reasons and she came to Virginia to be with her family during his absence. She claims that she unknowingly violated the law. She also contends that she must remain in Virginia with "her Mother, & family" until she hears "something decisive concerning her husband." She asks permission to keep her slave in Virginia until that time and to be exempted from "any fines, penalties, or forfeitures" which may be liable to.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
