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Alexandria (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1834, 1853

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Alexandria (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1834, 1853, consist of several documents related to the petitions of two individuals. These petitions are applications that formerly enslaved individuals submitted to state and local courts for permission to remain in Virginia with their free status. The petitions often include the formerly enslaved individual's name, their method of emancipation, name of their former enslaver, and whether the application/petition was successful or not. Petitions may also include affidavits signed mainly by white residents or witness statements again provided by white residents. Additional names of enslaved or free Black and Multiracial individuals can be found in these records.

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Alexandria (Va.) Petitions to Remain in the Commonwealth, 1834, 1853, consist of several documents related to the petitions of two individuals. These petitions are applications that formerly enslaved individuals submitted to state and local courts for permission to remain in Virginia with their free status. The petitions often include the formerly enslaved individual's name, their method of emancipation, name of their former enslaver, and whether the application/petition was successful or not. Petitions may also include affidavits signed mainly by white residents or witness statements again provided by white residents. Additional names of enslaved or free Black and Multiracial individuals can be found in these records.

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