James Stephenson seeks permission to bring back a slave from Kentucky to Virginia. He explains to the legislature that, in March 1806, his brother Benjamin temporarily moved his family from Berkeley County to Brooke County to settle some business in preparation for a permanent move to the state of Kentucky where he planned to set roots. As Benjamin's wife was at that time in "delicate health," James's wife sent along a "favorite Negro Girl slave named Sarah" to care for her. The plan was for Benjamin to send Sarah back to Berkeley County before leaving Virginia. However, this did not happen; when Benjamin removed his family to Kentucky in the fall 1806, he took Sarah with him "supposing that he could by a particular arrangement return the said slave from thence more conveniently." Benjamin did this without consulting with James and without "adverting to the operation of the Act entitled 'and Act to amend the several laws concerning Slaves passed on the 25th January 1806.'" James Stephenson prays that the legislature will make "such provision in his case, as will enable him to bring back the said slave."
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
