A Guide to the Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862
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the Library of Virginia
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Preferred Citation
Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862. Local government records collection, Halifax County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Halifax County.
Historical Information
Halifax County was formed from Lunenburg County 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 county and city were alloted a certain number of slaves that had to be provided to the government under the requisition.
Scope and Content
Halifax County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1862, consists of an order of the county 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
- Halifax County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- African Americans--Employment--Virginia--Halifax County.
- African Americans--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Confederate States of America--Defenses.
- Slave labor--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Slaveholders--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Halifax County (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Free negro and slave records--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Lists--Virginia--Halifax County.
- Local government records--Virginia--Halifax County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Halifax County (Va.)--History--19th century.