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enslaved Black petitioners

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enslaved Black petitioners

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Felix petitions Massachusetts lawmakers for Black freedom

๐Ÿ“… 6 January 1773

A petition submitted in Felixโ€™s name demanded freedom and challenged enslavement as incompatible with natural rights. It was one of several petitions by Black people in Massachusetts that used the...