Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1825-12-14

Title: Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1825-12-14
Description: Billy Brown, a 'free man of colour,' had purchased his freedom 9 years earlier and since that time, had been employed by H-SC. Learning that the laws of Virginia required manumitted slaves to leave the state, he petitioned the Virginia General Assembly to be allowed to remain. A number of prominent white men signed the petition attesting to his character but the GA denied the petition. This event chronicles the filing of his second petition, also denied.
Event Type: Legal
Keywords: manumission; petition
Action Status: Failed
Date: 14 December 1825
Date Certainty: Inferred
Location: Prince Edward County
Preceding Event: Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1824-12-07
Following Event: Petition denied by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Source: Library of Virginia Legislative Petition, Prince Edward County
Primary Participant: William (Billy) Brown
Primary Participant Description: "A negro man...demonstrated himself with great propriety and integrity and ever since has behaved in such a manner as to deserve the character of an honest unoffending industrious man."
Freedom Status: Free
Additional Participant: James Morton
Organization: Hampden-Sydney College
Petitioner: William (Billy) Brown
Source Resource: http://otg.hsc.edu/api/items/431
Source Site: http://otg.hsc.edu/s/on-these-grounds/page/welcome

Item sets: HSC-Aggregation; Aggregation

Petition for permission to remain in the Commonwealth, 1824-12-07

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