Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession

by Beverley B. Munford

her anti-slavery position defined, 1774, in Continental Congress, [21], [22];

her efforts to enforce the agreements for the non-importation of slaves, [22];

her Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1776, antagonistic to slavery, [22], [23];

Mr. Bancroft's estimate of her Bill of Rights, [23];

number of slaves in, at outbreak of the Revolution, [24];

her statute abolishing African slave trade, 1778, [25];

her cession of Northwest Territory to Federal Government, [26], [28];

her part in adopting Ordinance of 1787, [27], [28];

Mr. Bancroft's estimate of, [27];

her General Assembly confirms Deed and Ordinance, 1789, [28];