Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.11-Ecclesiastical, 1679-1739. SC1/series 45X

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455171">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455171</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1694-05-30 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Total signatures: 0 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 0 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Many ministers of the gospel, in the said province, then meeting in Boston </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: slavery, slaves, baptism, emancipation, religious, churches, inhabitants, elections, masters, Christianize, Christiantiy, polygamy, adultery, incest, marriages, fortune tellers, sorcery, taverns, drinking </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 11, page 79a </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>