Death Penalty for Slave Stealing in Virginia
At a meeting of the citizens of Goochland County, Va., on the 17th December, for the purpose of sending delegates to the Southern Commercial Convention, a resolution was adopted advocating the death penalty for slave stealing, confinement to the penitentiary for the attempt, and the admission of negro evidence against the suspected person. The resolution also recommend arming the pilots in Chesapeake Bay, at the expense of the State, and authorizing them to search suspected vessels.
(Liberator, Feb 15, 18, 1856, pg 3)
