ususally out of the state; to Louisiana; Mississippi, if the slave did something
really bad to the Dry Tortugas off of Florida.  Some of the slaves accused of
conspiring with Denmark Vesey were sent there.  Also, transportation as a
sentence can simply mean, being sold out of the state; the punishment is the
slave never sees his/her family again; and heads to worse conditions in the deep
south; the state does not have to reimburse the owner for executing a slave, and
Va. gets rid of a criminal slave for good.  It is not all that uncommon in the
upper south and even in SC.

--
Paul Finkelman
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University of Tulsa College of Law
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> One of my volunteers found the following article. Can anyone tell us where
> that slave might have been transported? Liberia? further South?? Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
>   "A slave belonging to Mr. Alsop was tried at Spotsylvania Court House on
> Monday for striking the overseer with intent to kill, and was sentenced to
> transportation.  The Court allowed his owner $1050 for him."
>
> Transcribed from the Alexandria Gazette, Thursday, December 6, 1860, page 2.
>
> Suzanne Levy
> Virginia Room Librarian
> Fairfax County Public Library
>
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