As owners of three thousand acres of land in Virginia, Thomas Beall and George Washington seek to transfer about fifty slaves back and forth between Maryland and Virginia "as their interest require." It would be an "act of inhumanity" to sell the slaves, since they had been "raised" by Thomas Beall, and possessed "family connections among themselves." The petitioners claim that they "are the more encouraged to make this application form the liberal indulgence of the Virginia Legislature already extended to others in similar situations, particularly to a person by the name of Hardage Lane which the acts of the Virga assembly will fully demonstrate."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
