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Re: Virginia Slave Laws
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Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:35:54 -0400
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My thanks to those who sent suggestions. I should have been more specific.
A graduate student is writing his thesis on George Washington's
emancipation, focusing on the relevant language in GW's will. He's
wondering how GW's stipulations for educating and training freed people
comported with contemporary Virginia law. He's in the early stages of
research and contacted me for suggestions but will be doing his own deep
dive into the archives. If anyone knows of journal articles or
dissertations on VA laws of the 1790s I would be grateful to hear it.
HW


On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 1:07 PM Kimball, Gregg <
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> I highly recommend James M. Campbell's Slavery on Trial: Race, Class, and
> Criminal Justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia. Granted, it is
> geographically limited, but is based on prodigious research.
>
> Gregg Kimball
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:19 PM Tarter, Brent <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I have always been a great fan of Schwarz's book, which gets too little
> > attention, I think. One of its many strengths is its recognition that the
> > actions of enslaved people (indeed, enslaved people's ideas about work
> and
> > obligation) were influential on white men who wrote and enforced laws in
> > Virginia.
> >
> > Brent Tarter
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 4:20 PM Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Has there been a study of Va's enslavement law since Phillip Schwarz's
> > > book?
> > > Many thanks -- Henry Wiencek
> > >
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> Dr. Gregg D. Kimball
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