List of Male freed Negroes over the Age of 16

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Dublin Core

Title

List of Male freed Negroes over the Age of 16

Subject

African Americans

Description

The first page of an alphabetized list of male freed men in New Kent County recording who had formerly owned them and how much tax they owed. Under Virginia law, males older than sixteen paid an annual poll tax. At that time, payment of a poll tax was not a requirement for being able to vote, and at that time, no African Americans in Virginia could vote.

Source

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Records, 1866, New Kent County Court Records, Local Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia

Date

January 1, 1866

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

14_0729_001 New Kent list

Coverage

New Kent County, Virginia