Petition #11681102

Abstract

Elizabeth Brackenridge's mother died in childbirth, and she was left in Virginia to be raised by her grandmother when her father moved to Kentucky. Since there was at the time of his leaving Virginia no law preventing the importation of slaves into the state, Elizabeth's father took all his slaves with him, even as it was always his intention to send one of his female slaves to his daughter, at a future date, as an advancement on her inheritance. Elizabeth's father has now acted upon his intention and Elizabeth has now been given a slave named Matilda, whom she is "extremely anxious to be permitted to bring into the Commonwealth."

Result: Rejected.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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