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Petition for making Ben public property an [sic] paying the Price at which he was valued when condemned by a court

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Title	Petition for making Ben public property an [sic] paying the Price at which he was valued when condemned by a court
Collection title	Slavery Collection
Series Title	Series VII: Legal Documents, 1709-1858, and undated
Subseries Title	Subseries 3. Petitions, 1709/1780, 1777, and undated
Item ID	nyhs_sc_b-06_f-02_005
Creator	Woolfolk, Paul
Contributors	Graham, Robert Wollfolk, Sarah Ben
Institution	New-York Historical Society
Description	Two-page petition submitted by Paul Woolfolk of Caroline County [Virginia] to receive payment equal to the value of his slave, Ben, who had served as a witness in a slave insurrection trial. Woolfolk argues that if he takes the slave back into his service, Ben will "not be safe one moment against their secret enmity." Document is undated, but may refer to Gabriel's Insurrection of 1890 in Henrico County, Virginia.
Subject	Slavery--Virginia Slave insurrections--Virginia
Material type of original	Petitions
Publisher of digital	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 212-873-3400
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Title	nyhs_sc_b-06_f-02_005-001
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