In his will Samuel Major's father loaned a slave named Nancy to his daughter, Nancy Major. According to the will, Nancy Major would have the use of the slave during her "natural life" and at her death the slave would go to her children or, should she die without issue, to her siblings. In due time, Nancy Major married a man named John Cabe who soon thereafter moved with his wife to North Carolina, taking with him the slave Nancy "as by law he had a right to do." Nancy Major Cabe has now died childless and the slave Nancy and her children have been divided among her siblings, including her brother Samuel, the petitioner in this case. Samuel is desirous to bring his share of his sister's inheritance to Virginia but is unable to do so because of the law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the state. Samuel Major therefore asks the legislature to consider his case and to allow him to bring his slaves into "his native place of residence."
Result: Referred to slave bill committee.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
