James L. Clowney seeks permission to retain his slave Isaac, a gift from his father in South Carolina. Clowney informs the court that, "feeling himself attached to the government and laws of Virginia in general-the climate and productions of the soil-the customs and manners of the inhabitants and more particularly from the matrimonial connection which he has formed here, he is induced to prefer a residence in this Commonwealth." He therefore brought Isaac into the state in the spring of 1810, and remained determined "never to part with him by selling him out of this state inasmuch as it would be a violation of feelings which your petitioner cannot think of committing either as it respects himself or the aforesaid Slave."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
