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Excerpt from An Englishman's Thoughts on the Crimes of the South, and the Recompence of the North In Virginia, by the Act of 1830, it is unlawful for free negroes to meet to learn to read and write. In some States (of America), free negroes may not assemble in greater numbers than seven. In North Carolina, free negroes may not trade, sell out of the cities wherein they reside, under penalty of forfeiting their goods, and receiving in lieu thereof, thirty-nine lashes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.