Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses

Docket title: No. 4. Extract from the minutes of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, against slavery in the colonies.

Copy of a resolution passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses on April 1st, 1772, opposing the slave trade. This appears to be the same excerpt appended to the November 8, 1772 letter from Anthony Benezet, earlier in the volume.

Copy of a resolution passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses on April 1st, 1772, opposing the slave trade. This appears to be the same excerpt appended to the November 8, 1772 letter from Anthony Benezet, earlier in the volume.

Copy of a resolution passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses on April 1st, 1772, opposing the slave trade. This appears to be the same excerpt appended to the November 8, 1772 letter from Anthony Benezet, earlier in the volume.

"Extracts from the Minutes of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, April 1, 1772." Copy of a resolution passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses on 1 April 1772, opposing the slave trade.

"Extracts from the Minutes of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, April 1, 1772." Copy of a resolution passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses on 1 April 1772, opposing the slave trade.

Includes the speech of John Murray- Earl of Dunmore- Governor of Virginia- to the House of Burgesses- dated June 1- 1775- followed by other items dated Annapolis- June 8. Text in three columns. New-York Historical copy damaged and stained- with some loss of text.