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Ordered to leave.

--Three free negroes, Maria, Harriet and Wm. Hill, were before the Mayor yesterday, for remaining in the city improperly, and on promising to leave Richmond by Monday morning, were discharged. These negroes are all from King William county, and have once before been directed to return to the place of their nativity. The Mayor is of the opinion that there are not less than one thousand free negroes from other towns and counties in the State, now remaining in Richmond, contrary to law, and he has determined to have them ferreted out by the police, and punish them by the lash every day they remain here. The free negro population as a mass are regarded as indolent and dishonest; and to prevent them from roving about, to the injury of slaves, the laws are to be executed to the letter.

The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 24, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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