Background
William Henry Brodnax was born in 1786.
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William Brodnax
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He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, where he studied the Law.
Career
Brodnax began practicing the Law in St. Petersburg, Virginia. In 1832 during the Virginia legislature"s debate about slavery Brodnax spoke in favor of colonization of free African Americans. Brodnax He died on October 23, 1834 and his will was probated in Dinwiddie County in December 1834.
Membership
Brodnax twice served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, once from 1818–1819 and again from 1830–1833. He was also a member of the American Colonization Society. Brodnax was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829 to 1830 and a general of the Virginia militia during the National Turner slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831.
