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Free negroes.

--The Hustings Court has ordered that all free negroes in the city who fail to pay their taxes before the meeting of the January Court, shall be sold into slavery.--Doubtless many of them would be improved by this change of status; but those who wish to avoid it must call at the Captain's office and settle.

The Daily Dispatch: December 16, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 16, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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