Sixteen free men of color complain that, by "the prohibitory statutes of Virginia," they "have been heretofore compelled to send their children abroad for instruction." Noting that "many of them are possessed of property, real as well as person, & have therefore an abiding interest in preserving the peace and good order of the community," they therefore "humbly beg that an Act may be passed, authorizing a school in the Corporation of Fredericksburg, for the instruction of the free people of color resident therein."
Result: Referred to committee on schools.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
