Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave Read more about Excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave Author Solomon Northup
An Act to Authorize the Manumission of Slaves (1782) Read more about An Act to Authorize the Manumission of Slaves (1782) Author Virginia General Assembly
U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V Read more about U.S. Constitution: Articles I, II, IV, V Author James Madison
Proclamation of Earl of Dunmore (1775) Read more about Proclamation of Earl of Dunmore (1775) Author Lord John Murray, Earl of Dunmore
Letter to Reverend Samson Occum (1774) Read more about Letter to Reverend Samson Occum (1774) Author Phillis Wheatley
Freedom Petition Submitted by Enslaved People to the New Hampshire State Legislature in Portsmouth on Nov. 12, 1779 Read more about Freedom Petition Submitted by Enslaved People to the New Hampshire State Legislature in Portsmouth on Nov. 12, 1779
Petition of 1788 for the Abolition of Slavery in Connecticut, by Enslaved People of New Haven Read more about Petition of 1788 for the Abolition of Slavery in Connecticut, by Enslaved People of New Haven Author “Blacks of New Haven City”
Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature (1777) Read more about Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature (1777)
