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: > > > Today's The UncommonWealth looks at the in-between world, not enslaved and > not fully free, navigated by Free Black Virginians in antebellum Richmond. > > > https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2022/11/30/his-claim-to-be-free-is-clear-unquestionable-free-black-virginians-at-large/ > > > *Vincent T. Brooks* > Senior Local Records Archivist > Library of Virginia > 800 East Broad St. > Richmond, VA 23219 > 804-692-3525 > Fax 804-692-2277 > *The Uncommonwealth* <https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at https://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html This list is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).