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1715 |
There are some 2,000 enslaved persons in Massachusetts. |
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1720 |
Triangle Trade (secomd) is developed. |
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1736 |
Col. Richard Byrd describes slavery in New England. |
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08/23/1742 |
Boston Evening Post runs an advertisement from someone selling an enslaved woman. |
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09/12/1748 |
Hall (Prince) is born in Bridgetown, Barbados. |
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1754 |
Census estimates there are more than 900 enslaved people over age 16 in Boston. |
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10/08/1756 |
Unruly gathering are prohibited in Boston. |
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1758 |
Worcester (Noah) is born in Hollis, New Hampshire. |
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05/26/1766 |
Boston bans the importing and sale of enslaved people. |
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1767 |
Boston delegates to the House of Representatives make another unsuccessful attempt to end slavery. |
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