House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1230A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws and against railroad discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029513 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel C. Allen, Northfield Selected signatures:Francis JacksonWilliam Lloyd Garrison Legislative action: Laid on table, lost Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Laid on table, lost Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: On behalf of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1230A 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.