S[t.] G[eorge] Tucker ALS to Virginia House of Delegates Speaker, November 30, 1796
African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 41a]
Sir, I do myself the honor to enclose you a Copy of a Dissertation on Slavery, with a proposal for the judicial abolition of it in this Commonwealth which I have taken the Liberty to inscribe to the General Assembly of Virginia. To this essay I have been stimulated by motives, which to an enlightened Legislature will, I flatter myself, neither stand in need of illustration, or apology. The Representatives of a free people, who in the moment of becoming such, have declared that all men are by nature equally free & independent, can not be offended at an attempt to carry so incontestible a moral Truth into practical effect. To weigh, and to remove the objections to the attempt have been the principal objects of my attention in this Essay. Permit
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- African American History Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865) [Box 1, Folder 41a]
- Title
- S[t.] G[eorge] Tucker ALS to Virginia House of Delegates Speaker, November 30, 1796
- Writer
- Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827
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- letter
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- Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates
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- Williamsburg, [Virginia]
- 1796 November 30
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- autograph manuscript signed
- Notes
- Requests that he be given the opportunity to present his dissertation concerning the gradual emancipation of slaves before the House; "To this…I have been stimulated by Motives, which to an enlightened Legislature will, I flatter myself, neither stand in need of illustration, or apology."
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"S[t.] G[eorge] Tucker ALS to Virginia House of Delegates Speaker, November 30, 1796." In the digital collection African American and African Diaspora Collection, 1729-1966 (bulk 1781-1865). https://name.umdl.umich.edu/africanamer.0001.41a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2025.