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    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

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