Vincent: Fascinating story (although I just had time to skim this morning). These records undoubtedly hold a lot of information relating to the actual application of the requirement that free blacks leave the state w/in a year of manumission after 1806. I'll look forward to more work in the area. Thanks for The UncommonWealth. John

John A. Ragosta, PhD/JD
johnaragosta.com @johnragosta
Historian, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
Fellow, Virginia Humanities

> On 11/30/2022 9:52 AM Brooks, Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Today's The UncommonWealth looks at the in-between world, not enslaved and
> not fully free, navigated by Free Black Virginians in antebellum Richmond.
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> https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2022/11/30/his-claim-to-be-free-is-clear-unquestionable-free-black-virginians-at-large/
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