Dec 12, 2022 | 18th Century, North America, Pamphlet, Transcription
Pamphlet Benjamin Rush – An Address to the Inhabitants of British America (1773) Introduction In progress. Further Reading Sources Cite this page APAMLAHarvardVancouverChicagoIEEESlavery Law & Power in Early America and the British Empire (September...
Nov 9, 2022 | 17th Century, Correspondence, North America, Transcription
correspondence New Plantation at Cape Florida, Carolina (1667) During the early years of colonization, imperial officials essentially advertised colonies as they attempted to populate them. This notice came as the colony of Carolina remained relatively unpopulated by...
Aug 21, 2022 | 18th Century, Legal, North America, Transcription
massachusetts Freedom Petitions Petitioner Appeals in The Massachusetts Spy (1774) Many enslaved peoples petitioned for their freedom in January 1773. Below are two of the petitioners’ appeals, presented to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1774 and reprinted in...
Aug 21, 2022 | 18th Century, North America, Pamphlet, Transcription
Richard Nisbet Ricard Nisbet – Slavery Not Forbidden by Scripture (1773) Introduction Richard Nisbet was a West Indian enslaver who was residing in Philadelphia. In 1773, Nisbet published a pamphlet as a response to Benjamin Rush’s antislavery work, An...
Aug 20, 2022 | 17th Century, Government, North America, Transcription
Dominion of New england Selections from the Minutes of the Dominion of New England (1686) Introduction This collection of documents reflect the changes James II put in place when he revoked the charters of Massachusetts Bay and other New England colonies, and...
Jul 18, 2022 | 18th Century, North America, Transcription
Debt Act of 1732 Jefferson’s Notes on Debt Recovery Act (1732) In his copy of Parliament’s Debt Act of 1732, Thomas Jefferson situates Britain’s latest imperial encroachment within the existing body of colonial trade restrictions already in place. In the...
