Robert Dickeson petitions to deny Moses, a slave previously owned by his late father, residency in Virginia. He represents that said Moses was devised to his brother, who executed "a deed of emancipation for pecuniary consideration." He further points out that for many years Moses "carried on a continual traffic on his own account." The petitioner further asserts that he "has strong reason to suspect & believes [Moses] acted dishonestly in several instances." He cites that in "one instance your petitioners father was robbed of $1000 by his own slaves ... [and] he suspects the slave Moses to have participated"; in addition, Moses's son was "in the habit of purloining" poultry and other items. Averring that "the said Moses has abundant means to enable him to remove to some other state," the petitioner prays "that your Honorable Body will not sustain the petition of Moses, but that he may in due time be required to depart the Commonwealth."
Result: Reasonable.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
