Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.212-Revolution Resolves, 1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Lancaster Hill

Petition subject: Slave trade Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906064 Date of creation: 1777-01-13 Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Lancaster HillPeter BessPrince HallJack PeirpontJob LockBrister SlenserNero FuneloNewport Sumner Actions taken on dates: 1777-03-18 Legislative action: Committed on March 18, 1777 Total signatures: 8 Legislative action summary: Committed Males of color signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a great number of negroes who are detained in a state of slavery in the bowels of a free and Christian country, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: [religious, additional documents in volumes, see pages 130-131] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 212, pages 132-132a Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.