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A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862 Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862 1156113

A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862

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the Library of Virginia
Barcode number 1156113


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1156113
Title
Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862
Physical Characteristics
4 leaves
Creator
Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862. Local government records collection, Halifax previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, previous hit Richmond  next hit, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Halifax previous hit County .

Historical Information

Halifax previous hit County  next hit was formed from Lunenburg previous hit County  next hit in 1752.

The General Assembly of Virginia passed a law as early as July 1, 1861, calling for the enrollment of free negroes to work in the public service. From 1862 to 1863, at the request of the president of the Confederate States, the General Assembly passed three more laws that requisitioned slaves to work on fortifications and other works of the public defense. Each previous hit county  next hit and city were alloted a certain number of slaves that had to be provided to the government under the requisition.

Scope and Content

Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862, consists of an order of the previous hit county  next hit court of Halifax to specific citizens who had to provide slaves between the ages of 18 and 45 years of age to the Virginia government for work on the Confederate public defenses. The order gives the text of the court's order, a list of names of persons required to send slaves, and the number of slaves that each person was required to furnish. There are numerous pencil revisions to the number of slaves required to be sent.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans--Employment--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • African Americans--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Confederate States of America--Defenses.
  • Slave labor--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Slaveholders--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Halifax previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History--19th century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Free negro and slave records--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Lists--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia--Halifax previous hit County  next hit.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Halifax County (Va.)--History--19th century.
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