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Northampton County (Va.), Commonwealth Causes 1721-1816

Northampton County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1722-1816 are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from murder, rape, assault and battery, and larceny to tax evasion and slander. Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons. Commonwealth causes specifically involving enslaved or freed persons prior to the abolition of slavery are in Box 1. Presentments and other types of documents referencing enslaved or freed people are among general Commonwealth Causes. Causes relating to alleged plots of insurrections of enslaved people in 1750, 1792, and 1812 are also present.

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Northampton County (Va.), Commonwealth Causes 1721-1816

Northampton County (Va.) Circuit Court

Northampton County (Va.) Commonwealth Causes, 1722-1816 are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from murder, rape, assault and battery, and larceny to tax evasion and slander. Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons. Commonwealth causes specifically involving enslaved or freed persons prior to the abolition of slavery are in Box 1. Presentments and other types of documents referencing enslaved or freed people are among general Commonwealth Causes. Causes relating to alleged plots of insurrections of enslaved people in 1750, 1792, and 1812 are also present.

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