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    LAWS PASSED

     

    Virginia

    Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 7, 1831

    Gov. Floyd letter, Nov. 19

    Black Codes Debated, 1831-32

    Laws Passed, Mar. 5, 1832

    Laws Passed, Mar. 15

    James L. Smith, 1881

     

    North Carolina

    An Act Concerning Slaves and Free Persons of Color, 1831-32

     

    Alabama

    Alabama Laws, 1832

     

    Louisiana

    Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 30, 1831

    Autobiography of James L. Smith, 1881

     

    James L. Smith was born in Northumberland County, Virginia. He was about fifteen years old when the Southampton Revolt took place.

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    [p. 30]

                      When Nat. Turner’s insurrection broke out, the colored people were forbidden to hold meetings among themselves. Nat. Turner was one of the slaves who had quite a large army; he was the captain to free his race. Notwithstanding our difficulties, we used to steal away to some of the quarters to have our meetings. . . .

     

     

    From James Lindsay Smith, Autobiography of James L. Smith (Norwich, CT: The Bulletin, 1881), p. 30.