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SUMMARY:"I have this day committed to jail":  Records of Free & Enslaved Citizens from the City of Richmond Hustings Court
DESCRIPTION:BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBITION\n"I have this day committed to 
 jail": \nRecords of Free & Enslaved Citizens from the City of Richmond 
 Hustings Court\n\nMonday–Saturday\, Feb. 1–28\, 2023 | 9:00 a.m.–5:00 
 p.m.\nLobby & Pre-function Hall\n\nIn honor of Black History Month\, visit 
 the Library of Virginia to view a display of historic records from the City 
 of Richmond Hustings Court that document the complex dynamics between 
 white\, free Black and enslaved people in Virginia’s capital city. 
 \n\nUrban centers such as Richmond drew many enslaved men and women looking 
 to hire themselves out\, either on their own or at the behest of their 
 rural owners. Richmond also appealed to free Black Virginians looking for 
 work and sanctuary. As the populations of both enslaved and free Black 
 people grew throughout the early 19th century\, Virginia lawmakers enacted 
 increasingly restrictive legislation to police the lives of Black 
 Virginians. The results are captured in a variety of document types from 
 the Hustings Court\, including court papers of criminal trials involving 
 free Black and enslaved people for various petty crimes and felonies\, free 
 registration certificates\, petitions of free Black Virginians requesting 
 permission to remain in Virginia and jail records of free Black and 
 enslaved people traveling at large. \n\nWith support from a National 
 Historical Publications and Records Commission grant from the National 
 Archives\, the Library of Virginia examined more than 250 boxes of 
 materials from the City of Richmond Hustings Court to select records to 
 digitize as a part of Virginia Untold\, a digital project that facilitates 
 access to records of enslaved and free Black people in Virginia before 
 1867.
LOCATION:Lobby\, Prefunction Hall
ORGANIZER;CN="Lydia Neuroth":MAILTO:lydia.neuroth@lva.virginia.gov
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CONTACT;CN="Lydia Neuroth":MAILTO:lydia.neuroth@lva.virginia.gov
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