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Last will and testament, August 1735

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Sale of real estate to settle debts, August 1747

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Petition regarding the purchase of unsound negro girl, June 1755

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Petition of negro woman to sell real estate, June 1763

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Petition regarding the enticement of negro woman away from owner, June 1765

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Petition regarding the purchase and sale of disobedient negro woman and child out of state, November 1781

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Manumission of Peter Venter, August 1785

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Petition for declaration of freedom, October 1785

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Petition for compensation for slave who enlisted in state service in 1778 during the War, January 1790

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Petition regarding the losses as a result of Negro Man who enlisted in the State Service in 1778, January 1790

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Petition of abolitionist Voluntary Society for Charter of Incorporation, June 1790

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Petition of owner for compensation after slave enlisted in state service in 1778 during the War, February 1793

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Memorial on American Convention on Abolition of Slavery, June 1825

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Petition of the Colored people for relief against taxes, January 1831

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Petition and Act of the Providence African Society for Mutual Relief, June 1833

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Petition Concerning Abolition of Slavery (Sample Representation of Town Petitions), June 1836

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Petition of Abolitionists for use of Courthouse, June 1836

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Memorial Regarding the Abolition of Slavery (Town Samples), January 1838

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Memorial Remonstrance against resolution of Congress relative to anti-slavery petitions, January 1838

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Petition of the Kent County Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society relating to the Resolution of Congress, January 1838

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Petition That Their Property May Be Taxed, June 1841

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Petition to abolish distinction of color, January 1844

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Memorial to amend constitution to prohibit slavery in all states, June 1844

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Petition relating to the Missouri Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Law, June 1854

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Petition of Freewill Baptist Antislavery Society for Charter, February 1857

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Accounts of negro slaves enlisted into Continental Battalions, 1778

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Act allowing slaves to enlist in the Continental Battalion, February 1778

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Act allowing slaves to enlist in the Continental Battalion, February 1778

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Act authorizing that person may not be taken out of the state without consent, October 1779

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Act concerning runaway slaves: No ferryman/boatman shall carry away slaves without certificate, October 1714

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Act for the entering of slaves in Naval log, 1715

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Act forbidding forced covenant bond, 1652

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Act incorporating the Society for abolishing Slavery, June 1790

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Act repealing Part of the Act respecting the Manumission of Slaves, October 1785

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Act that T. Johnson be delivered to his master, October 1803

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Acts related to the Manumission of Slaves, June 1767

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An Act Authorizing the Manumission of Negroes and the gradual abolition of Slavery (Draft), December 1783

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Rhode Island passed the earliest law prohibiting “perpetual servitude” in 1652. The law was largely ignored, leading to the passage of additional laws in the 18th century. This law states that people born after March 1784 will not be “servants for life or slaves.”

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An Act for Disposing of Money raised in this Colony for Importing Negro Slaves, June 1729

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An Act for laying a Duty on Negro Slaves that shall be Imported into this Colony, February 1711

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An Act for the more speedy tryal of such Negro and Indians as shall be found Purloining and Stealing, September 9, 1718

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An Act in addition to an Act for Freeing Slaves, February 1755

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An Act in Amendment of Chapter 149 of the General Statutes  Of Marriage, January 1881

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An Act in amendment of the "An Act relative to Slaves, and their Manumission and Support", March 5, 1804

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An Act prohibiting the importation of negros into this Colony, November 1775

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An Act relating to freeing Molatto and Negro slaves, 1728

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An Act relating to the freeing of Molatto and Negro Slaves, February 1728

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An Act respecting equal access to public schools, January 1866

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An Act to prevent Persons keeping House in this Colony, from entertaining Indians, Negros or Mulattos Servants or Slaves, 1750

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