Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.168-Revolution Council Papers, 1777-1778. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Joseph Johnson

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909089 Date of creation: 1778-07-14 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Joseph Johnson Actions taken on dates: 1778-07-20 Legislative action: Received in the Council on July 20, 1778 and read and ordered and read and accepted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, read, accepted Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a free negro man, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: born free, Jamaica, Great Britain, London, ship Docking, John Foster commander, American ship of war Portsmouth commanded by Captain Hart, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, threatened to be sold and sent to Albany as a slave [see Resolves 1776-1777, chapter 324, Resolve Forbidding the Sale of Negro Captives, passed September 16, 1776] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 168, pages 445-445a 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.