Alexandria Gazette (Va)
17 July 1835
[COMMUNICATED.]
The following extract of a Law, passed March 2d, 1819, by the Virginia Legislature, is worth the attention of Fishermen, some of whom are in the habit of collecting large numbers of vagrant idle free negroes from abroad for seine haulers, the pernicious tendency of which, has already been felt by the holders of slaves in our section of the State. [See revised Code vol. 1, page 438.]
A Citizen of Prince William County, VA.
"Every master of a vessel or other person who shall bring into this Commonwealth, by water or by land, in any vessel, boat, land carriage or otherwise, any free negro or mulatto, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the penalty of three hundred thirty-three dollars thirty-three cents, one half to the Commonwelath for the use of the library fund, the other half to the use of the informer, to be recovered on information in any court of record, and the defendant in every case shall be ruled to special bail."
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