Petitions to the Virginia General Assembly

 

As the Virginia General Assembly prepared to convene in December 1831, citizens from across the state crafted petitions and resolutions to be considered by legislators on the subject of the future of slavery and free blacks in the state.

 

Fluvanna County, November 24, 1831

Northampton County, December 6, 1831

Faquier County, December 7, 1831

Culpeper County, December 9, 1831

Hanover County, December 11 and 14, 1831

Charles City County, December 14, 1831

Buckingham County, December 16, 1831

Washington County, December 17, 1831

Loudoun County Anti-Slavery Resoution, December 30, 1831

Augusta County, January 19, 1832