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

<p>Petition subject: Slave trade </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906064">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906064</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1777-01-13 </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Lancaster Hill</li><li>Peter Bess</li><li>Prince Hall</li><li>Jack Peirpont</li><li>Job Lock</li><li>Brister Slenser</li><li>Nero Funelo</li><li>Newport Sumner</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1777-03-18 </p> <p>Legislative action: Committed on March 18, 1777 </p> <p>Total signatures: 8 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Committed </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 8 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>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] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: [religious, additional documents in volumes, see pages 130-131] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 212, pages 132-132a </p> <p>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.</p>