Free blacks "mechanics," the term used to describe craftsmen and artisan, complain to "His Excellency John Tyler Esquire Governor" about an act of the General Assembly that works against their ability "to prove our accounts against white people." They are able to collect debt payments from "the Better Order of Men," but are unable to do so from whites who are "wanton & malignant in their disposition," because their oath cannot be admitted in a court of law.
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
