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Thomas Robinson narratives of free black men and women sold as slaves, 1788
Thomas Robinson was a former slave-trader turned abolitionist. He was born to a Quaker merchant family in Newport, RI and was intimately familiar with the Atlantic slave trade. He wrote this document listing several real-life examples of re-enslavement of free black men and women in Newport, RI. He...
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| Collection: | Pennsylvania Abolition Society papers (#0490) |
| Date: | 1788-09-29 |
| Box Number: | Box 4A |
| Folder Number: | Folder 1 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9066 |
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