The Colonization Society of Virginia asks for support to carry out its plan to remove free people of color to Liberia. The Society argues that the large numbers of such a class of people undermine the discipline of the slaves and they purport that "to this influence, it is not a novel or improbable conjecture to ascribe the awful scenes in Southampton a few months ago." Of the opinion that free blacks in Virginia are "idle, thieving, and wretched," the petitioners assert that that they become "the active, thriving and happy Colonist of Liberia." They therefore "earnestly pray the aid of the General Assembly" for "the removal of this great and annually increasing evil."
Result: Referred to select committee.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia