Eighty-one citizens of Haywood County urge "the necessity of passing some Bill making provisions for the payment of all slaves that are executed within this state for capital crimes and misdemeanors, and would suggest the assessment of a small tax upon all slaves of certain ages for the purpose of raising the aforesaid funds so to be applied so as that no owner should receive more than two thirds of his value."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
