Slavery Emancipation and Deportation Debate in Virginia
The Virginia legislature debates emancipation and removal of enslaved people to Africa. Speakers warn against mass deportation while examining costs and feasibility, noting rising slave prices and ongoing internal slave trade. The piece cites figures of annual exports and fears for Virginia’s burden under federal policy.
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Wiewinia
Attia
Gien Brodnax
Speaker
Goethe
Phila Bey
Jfener
Tauloe
Egania
Old Dominion
Insurrection-Era Laws Questioned After Virginia Uprising
Fragmentary text discusses enforcement of post insurrection laws in Virginia and doubts about their practical application. It suggests excitement fades and laws may be forgotten, lingering only as written notes on the statute books.
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Coleh
Louisiana
Virginia
State Rights Dinner in Monroe Honors Judge Berrien
In Monroe a public dinner honored Hon John Yu Plerson Berrien as a delegate from Monroe to the Milledgeville Anti Parish Convention. About three hundred attended a barbecue in a grove, then moved indoors due to rain, with toasts praising Georgia and State Rights.
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Monroe
Henor
John Yu Plerson Berrien
Borsyth
Jain VW
Berrien
Monroe County
Milledgeville
I Beall
State of
Georgia
South
Heother
Fin
Confederacy
Washneth
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Philanthe
Washington
Jefferson
Franklin
George MM. Trou “Ateeman
Partnership Dissolution Notice for J D Beers Firms
The copartnership between J D Beers and Co and Burns Burns and St Josy dissolved by mutual consent on October 1 1933. Unsettled affairs will be handled by subscribers or their agents who have authority to settle and close the business in Augusta and other southern cities.
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J.D. Berns & Co
New York
Brrns
Boorn & St. Josy
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Petersburg
Lafayetteville
N.C
Charleston
Savannah
Augusta
Geo
New Orleans
J.D. Beers
Siexron
Walt, Booth
J.D Beers & Co
Fayetteville
8. C
N. Orleans
JD. Beis
LR. St John & Co
D. W. St. John
Fourth of July Celebration Delights Citizens
A July Fourth observance proceeded as announced with praise for the eloquence of the reading of the Declaration. An attendee described the ceremony as excellent and the reading as delivered with notable impact.
Homicide Reported After Fatal Encounter in Unionville
Extract from a letter dated July 3 describes a Monday incident between Saint Rice and Bobo of X Keys. Rice allegedly drew pistols. bystanders seized the first two, then S Rice allegedly shot Bobo through the heart, Bobo dying instantly and Rice in custody.
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Columbra P. Orrick
Rutherford
Unionville
Saint. Rice
Win. Rice
Rice
Rice, Jr
S. Rice
Bobo
Fourth of July Declared as Great Nullification Festival
A statement asserts the Fourth of July celebration as a State Rights Festival using the Declaration of Independence to argue the right to nullify taxes. It contrasts colonial taxation by Britain with federal taxation, claiming both oppressive, and calls the holiday a festival of nullification and state rights.
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Congress
U. States
Back Out Sawney 7' Bock Agen Man
A fragment from the Georgia Courier discusses a remark about a Grand Jury and ratification of Convention proceedings. It notes an informant’s statement that several jurors would vote yes, inferred from comments about constitutional provision in Southern states and a public regret over signing Presessments.
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Congress
P. Henry
Liberty, Constitution, Union
Gen. Rutherford
St V. P
Georgia
Milledgeville
Rockwell
United States
R. A. Beall
Macon
Mirabeau
Lamar
Mr. Lamar
R. C. Clayton
Hillsboro
South Carolina
A. H. Flewellen
Clinton
South
Friends of Union
Constitutional
Cuthbert Reese
Porsyth
Wayne
George Alexander
Hillshore
Monticello
Lavert
Jernigan
Jesse Hi Dlorn
Troup
Jadge Berienard J
Calhoun
Sons of the South
Ishom
Sainsey
Newnan
Porayth
John B. Bussey
State Rights Sons of
Richardson
Che
Sawney
Bock Agen
Man
Georgia Courier
Courier
Lumpkin Nullification dispute and open letter defense
The piece defends Gov Lumpkin against nullifier accusations and reveals a prior exchange about letters and public trust. It argues the author has never recanted his views and challenges the Courier’s edits, asserting consistency in support for Lumpkin and the principle of verification.
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Lumpkin
Luvenin
Willie
Hardihood
Guv. Lampkin
Erin
Beldie
Jacks
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Vin
Ant Poly
Tim
Mary Colle Ce
OM Virginia
Miust
Charisis
Beeker
Jory
Uae
Anjeed
Augusta, Ga
J. D. Beers
ST. John & Co
Jackson
Ann Jay
M Ogeffeet
Novey
Peter Teazle
Oliver
Tay
Gov. Tumpkin
Giacaul Iy
Lanphitts
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