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Resistance to the State
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Page 1 Proclamation by Council President Edmund Jenings, 20 March 1709.
Page 1 Thomas L. Holt et al., to Council President Edmund Jenings, 24 March 1709.
Page 1 Proceedings of Isle of Wight County Court, 24, 27 March 1709.
Page 1 Proceedings of a Court of Oyer and Terminer in Prince William County, 8 May 1781.
Page 1 Petition of Mann Page to the House of Delegates, n.d. [received 7 June 1781].
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Deposition of Peter S. Bowdoin, n.d.
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W. H. Perkins to Governor William Branch Giles, 15 July 1829.
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August Tompkins to Governor William Branch Giles, 18 July 1829.
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Affidavit of William Nottingham Sr., 4 October 1832.  

Gabriel's Conspiracy
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Mosby Sheppard to Governor James Monroe, 30 August 1800.
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William Mosby to Governor James Monroe, September 1800.  
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Gervas Storrs and Joseph Selden to Governor James Monroe, 8 September 1800.
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"A.W." to "deer frind," 20 September 1800.
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Thomas Newton to Governor James Monroe, 24 September 1800.
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Evidence adduced against Solomon the property of Thomas Henry Prosser in his trial on the 11th September 1800
  Commonwealth against Sundry Negroes Sept 15 1800
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Petition of Solomon to Governor James Monroe, n.d. [ca. September 1800].
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John Moss to [Governor James Monroe?], 28 September 1800.
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List of Convicted Slaves Considered for Pardons, 3 October 1800. 
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Testimony in the Trial of Gabriel, 6 October 1800.
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Proceedings of a Court of Oyer and Terminer in Henrico County, 6 October 1800.

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Valuation of Slaves Sentenced to Death, n.d. [ca. 1800]
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William M. Berkeley to Governor James Monroe, 1800 
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John Hoomes et al. to Governor James Monroe, n.d.

Nat Turner's Rebellion
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"Anonymus" to Governor John Floyd, 28 August 1831.
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"Citizens" to Governor John Floyd, 28 August 1831.
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Williamson Mann, Chesterfield, to Ben Lee, Richmond, 29 August 1831.
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Resolutions of Inhabitants of Chesterfield County, n.d. [ca. autumn 1831].

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Proclamation by Governor John Floyd, 17 September 1831.
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Norborne E. Sutton to Governor John Floyd, 21 September 1831.
  Trial of Nat Turner, Southampton County, 5 November 1831.
 

John Brown's Raid
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Page 1 Letter, Henry A. Wise, Richmond, to Col. Geo. W. Munford, 17 October 1859
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Ruth Weaver to Governor Henry A. Wise, 20 October 1859.
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Governor Henry A. Wise to General Charles C. Egerton Jr., 24 October 1859.
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John N. Merriman to Governor Henry A. Wise, 25 October 1859.

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Amos A. Laurence to Governor Henry A. Wise, 26 October 1859.
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"Brutus" to Governor Henry A. Wise, n.d. [ca. November 1859].
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Anonymous to Governor Henry A. Wise, n.d. [ca. November 1859].
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Charles Ulrich to Governor Henry A. Wise, 3 November 1859.
Page 1 Proclamation by Governor Henry A. Wise, 3 November 1859.
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George L. Lumsden to Governor Henry A. Wise, 12 November 1859.
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H. A. Moore to Governor Henry A. Wise, 12 November 1859.
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Anonymous to Governor Henry A. Wise, 22 November 1859.
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William L. Taylor, James J. Rankin, and Cambridge Ritter to Governor Henry A. Wise, 30 November 1859.
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Maria Black to Governor Henry A. Wise, 30 November 1859.

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"Standard" to Governor Henry A. Wise, n.d. [ca. December 1859].
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Red Hand to Governor Henry A. Wise, [received 2 December 1859].
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"John Brown" to Governor Henry A. Wise, 2 December 1859.

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United Sons of Freedom to Governor Henry A. Wise, 7 December 1859.
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Anonymous to Clerk of Court, Kanawha County, 23 December 1859.