The North Star (Rochester)/1848/01/14/Anti-Slavery Movement in Virginia

Anti-Slavery Movement in Virginia.—The Louisville Examiner announces the commencement of a movement in Virginia, for Emancipation. It is made by responsible persons—mostly slave-holders. This movement will answer the purpose, at best, of causing inquiry and agitation. We know that many persons in Virginia are anxious for Emancipation, in fact, unless it does take place, a large part of Virginia threatens to become a wilderness.

The Examiner, speaking of this movement, says:

"The first important circumstance to be noticed is, that this step has been taken by slaveholders themselves. The chief actor is the Rev. H. Reffner, D. D. He is well known personally or by character, throughout Virginia and Kentucky, as an able Divine of the Presbyterian Church, and one of the learned men of the South. With him are associated S. McD. Moore, John Letaher, David B. Curry, Jas. G. Hamilton, George A. Barker, J. H. Lacy, Echols Jane, John R. Gordas, J. Fuller, Jr., D. El Moore, and John W. Fuller. All these are men of character, and nearly all of them are known slaveholders."