House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1289, SC1/series 230, Petition of Benjamin Weeden

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005494 Date of creation: 1843-02-01 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston Selected signatures:Benjamin WeedenWilliam C. Nell Legislative action: Laid on the table Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Laid on the table Males of color signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Resolution from a large meeting of the colored citizens of Boston at church in Belknap Street on Wednesday evening, 1st February 1843, religious Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1289 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.