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06/22/1700 |
Sewall, Samuel. The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial. |
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1700 |
Some 400 enslaved people live in Boston. |
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1700 |
There are some 400 enslaved persons in Boston at this time, almost double the number there had been in 1676. |
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1701 |
Boston Selectmen propose a time limit for ending slavery in Massachusetts. |
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1701 |
Customs riot occurs. |
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1702 |
Boston representatives petition the General Court to promote importing white indentured servants and set an end date for slavery. |
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06/30/1704 |
John Quelch and five others are hanged on the banks of the Charles River. |
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1705 |
Enslaved people are taxed. |
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1707 |
General Court imposes a five-shilling fine on free blacks who help runaway slaves. |
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03/27/1712 |
Jane Franklin Mecom is born in Boston at today’s 1 Milk Street. |
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