One hundred three residents of Hancock County ask that "the Laws of Virginia may be modified” in order “to protect the parental relation [of slaves], forbidding the separation of parents and young children, at the will of any man or set of men, under criminal penalties”; to “recognise and secure the marital relation to colored persons; forbidding the disregard of the sacred relation of husband and wife by any man amongst his own slaves, and protecting the same between slaves of different families”; and “to allow persons so disposed to teach persons of color to read, so as to assist their moral and mental elevation."
Result: Referred to committee for courts of justice.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
