Emancipated by the last will and testament of Mary Cox, deceased, Amy asks to remain in the state. She is the mother of many slave children who belong to Henry A. Winfree of Chesterfield County. "Oh, may the feelings of a mother, now advanced in age, and daily growing infirm," she writes, "find a favourable response in the hearts of your honourable body." She points out to the legislature that her remaining in the state in no way defeats the purpose of the law, which aims at preventing an increase in the population of free people of color rather than at the elimination of the existing population; she is past childbearing age and therefore does not pose any threat to the intent of the law.
Result: Referred to committee for courts of justice.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
