 
| Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 |
| Sender: |
|
| Subject: |
|
| From: |
|
| Date: |
Thu, 9 Jun 2005 08:48:29 -0400 |
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
quoted-printable |
| MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
| Reply-To: |
|
| Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Can the list aid me in understanding the intricacies of Virginia race laws
in the 1850s? The following entries (unearthed by researcher Sam Towler)
appear in the Albemarle County Minute Book 1856-1859:
6 Oct 1857 (pg 190): Application of . . . Susan Catharine Foster for a
certification that [she is ] of mixed blood.
same date (Pg 203): ...upon evidence of Thomas J. Randolph that Susan
Catharine Foster and Clayton Randolph Foster, children of Ann Foster, are
not negroes in the meaning of the act of assembly.
The involvement of Thomas Jefferson Randolph is, of course, intriguing, as
is the fact that Clayton’s middle name is Randolph.
In connection with this, today’s Charlottesville Daily Progress carries an
article about the excavation of Foster family graves near UVA.
Henry Wiencek
Charlottesville
To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
|
|
|
