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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08884 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1784 |
| Title | Appointment of commissioners for Augusta County, Virginia |
| Date | 1 January 1784 |
| Author | Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Harrison, Governor of Virginia, appoints Commissioners "for the purpose of trying, condemning and executing, or otherwise punishing and acquitting, any slave committing a capital crime within the said County..." Appoints James Powell Cocke, John Givens, John [Tatespin?], and Charles Cameron [spelled Cammeron] as Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer for the trial of slaves in Augusta County. Affixed to a cardboard page. |
| Subjects | African American History Military History Slavery Slave Rebellion Crime Death Penalty Judiciary |
| People | Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901) Cocke, James Powell (1748-1829) Cameron, Charles (1753-1826) Givens, John (1757-1798) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |