One hundred twenty-eight women from Augusta County call for the abolition of slavery. Conceding that "it be unexampled, in our beloved state, that females should interfere in its political concerns," the petitioners admit that they "feel all the timidity incident to our sex in taking this step." The women further acknowledge the fears "which agitate our bosoms, and the dangers which await us, as revealed by the recent tragical deeds," and they voice their concerns that the Nat Turner revolt "was but a partial execution of a widely projected scheme of carnage." The women therefore conclude that "our fears teach us that the peace of our homes, the welfare of society, the prosperity of future generations call aloud & imperatively for some decision & efficient measure and that measure cannot, we believe, be decisively efficient or of much benefit if it have not, for its ultimate object, the extinction of slavery from amongst us."
Result: Referred to select committee.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
