Northampton County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes 1840-1847

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Northampton County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes 1840-1847

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Northampton County is an original Shire. Previously named Accomac County from 1634 to 1643. An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every free negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the city clerk. From the guide to the Northampton County (Va.) Register of Free Negroes, 1840-1847, (The Library of Virginia) ...