1837

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Events

• The post office in Millington opens.
• Beginning this year, freed slaves could petition the local courts for permission to remain in Virginia.

In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the free negro population from Virginia with a law that stated that all emancipated slaves, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit his right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court.

• May 14 – Dr. James Lawrence Cabell applies for a position as a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia.