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Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts, by George H. Moore, librarian of the New-York Historical Society and corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society

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Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts, by George H. Moore, librarian of the New-York Historical Society and corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Notes on the history of slavery in Massachusetts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

3077740

resource.references

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 50381

Responsibility statement

by George H. Moore, librarian of the New-York Historical Society and corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Table Of Contents

Early history of slavery in Massachusetts -- The law of slavery in Massachusetts -- Slavery of Indians in Massachusetts -- Statistics of slave-population -- Earliest anti-slavery movments in America, in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania -- "The freedom suits." -- The doctrine of prize in Negroes -- Progress of public opinion on slavery in Massachusetts during the Revolution -- The Constitution of 1780 -- Abolition of the slave-trade

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