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1771 |
Ban on importing enslaved persons is passed by the Council and House of Representatives. |
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06/22/1772 |
Somerset v. Stewart decision leads to end of slavery in England. |
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04/30/1773 |
Freedom Petitioners bring suit in the General Court. |
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10/31/1773 |
Hendricks v. Greenleaf case frees a formerly enslaved man in Essex. |
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1773 |
African-American residents of Thompson Island petition town meeting for their freedom. |
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03/08/1774 |
Massachusetts General Court petitions for an end to slavery. |
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09/04/1774 |
First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. |
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09/22/1774 |
Abigail Adams writes to her husband from their home in Quincy (then Braintree). |
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03/31/1776 |
Abigail Adams writes to her husband from their home in Quincy (then Braintree). |
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09/14/1776 |
Massachusetts bars the sale of enslaved people captured during the Revolutionary War. |
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