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Freedom Petition Submitted by Enslaved People to the New Hampshire State Legislature in Portsmouth on Nov. 12, 1779
This was one of many petitions submitted to the New Hampshire General Assembly in 1779, appealing for enslaved people’s liberation.
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Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature (1777)
This was one of many petitions submitted to the Massachusetts General Court in 1777, appealing for enslaved people’s liberation.
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The Code Noir (1685)
The Code Noir established laws regulating slavery in French colonies. These laws would have applied to French Louisiana, prior to the Louisiana Purchase.
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Massachusetts Body of Liberties (1641)
The 1641 Massachusetts Body of Liberties was the first British North American colonial statute to guarantee the legality of enslaving Africans and Native Americans.
Massachusetts General Court
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The Journal of a Slaver
The extracts are from slaver John Newton’s journal during the ‘Middle Passage’ voyage across the Atlantic in 1754.
John Newton
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Excerpt from The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea (1450)
Portuguese chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara compiled accounts of the early slave trade. His description of the division of captives in 1450 demonstrates the prejudices of the Europeans and the horror of the slave trade in pursuit of profit.
Gomes Eannes de Azurara
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