List of Male freed Negroes over the Age of 16
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
Citation
“List of Male freed Negroes over the Age of 16,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/512.