11682108https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11682108VirginiaAmeliaCounty11121821LegislativeLegislativerejected001Library of Virginia, Richmond, VirginiaAlong with other whites in the community, Benjamin Bowles marched to the residence of a group of free blacks and "inflicted chastisement upon them." The free people of color, he claims, were of "bad fame and character," associating with them was Sally May, a white woman of "foul character." Afterwards, Bowles was convicted of instigating "a riot," and fined. He is very poor, he says, and asks for legislative relief.Interracial socializing Interracial relationships