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Citizenship_1940 Census 12_1078_005.JPG
Residents of the Mattaponi Indian Reservation argued that because they were wards of the state, they should not be counted in the census.

Citizenship_Cook deposition 12_1078_007.JPG
The Virginia Board decided that because members of the Pamunkey Indian tribe had never been allowed to vote, they were not considered citizens of the United States and thus could not be subject to the draft.

Billy _Page petition 11_1306_001.JPG
With his request for Jefferson to reprieve Billy, Mann Page included a copy of the indictment, conviction, and sentence from the Prince William County Court.

Billy 12_1070_001.JPG
Thomas Jefferson granted a reprieve of Billy until the end of June 1781, and the General Assembly vacated the conviction.

Billy 12_1070_005.JPG
With his request for Jefferson to reprieve Billy, Mann Page included an opinion from Henry Lee and William Carr, justices who dissented from the verdict and supported Page's efforts to commute the death sentence.

Billy 12_1078_008.JPG
The summary of Billy's trial included the accusation that he "did in Company of & Conjunction with diverse Enemies of the Commonwealth in armed Vessels feloniously & Traiterously Wage & Levy War against the Commonwealth." His lawyers argued that he…

Billy_Dunmore 11_0757_005.JPG
In November 1775, from the safety of a British warship near Norfolk, Virginia's royal governor, the earl of Dunmore, decided to handle the explosive political situation by declaring martial law and offering freedom to enslaved people who fought for…

Strother man.jpg
ca. 1862. Pencil and crayon on paper.
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