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enslaved Black petitioners

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enslaved Black petitioners

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

Felix petitions Massachusetts lawmakers for Black freedom

📅 6 Yanüari 1773

A petition submitted in Felix’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...