I'm currently looking for information on an Antebellum Free black man named James Dunn. He appears in the register of Free Blacks in the City of New Orleans and states his origin as Petersburg, Virginia. This can be confirmed using Custom Records which acknowledge is appearance in the city in Dec. of 1819. The manifest list Dunn as a "Free Indentured Servant" to James H. Caldwell- the man who would go on to found the American Theater in the city. I'm Currently pursuing the origns of James Dunn but am also interested in what appears to be a pattern of migration from Virginia to Louisiana for Free Blacks. I beleive that the migration can be attributed to the passage of a law in 1805 that banned free blacks from Virginia but I'm not entirely sure. If anyone could assist me in regards to theses matters it would be greatly appreciated. Brian K. Mitchell (Phd. student) Univ. of New Orleans To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html