Research

Master lists:

Alphabetical

By document

By state/document (Excel or Corel Quattro)

Progress:

Josiah Bartlett (NH):

~"The Papers of Josiah Bartlett". Owned a slave named Peter, pp. 31-32

William Whipple (NH):

~also from "Papers". "...& I hope be the means of dispensing the Blessings of freedom to all the Human Race in America", p. 250; freed his slave, Prince Whipple, after service in the Revolution, p. 250

Samuel Adams (MA):

~"The Life of Samuel Adams". Was offered a slave as a gift but refused, insisting she be freed first, p. 138

~"A Biography of Samuel Adams". Same story, p. 150

~"Biography". Sponsored legislation in Massachusetts to abolish slavery, stating that "all human servitude is repugnant to any man who loves freedom" and that "it is not possible to house both freeman and slave" where liberty existed, p. 338

John Hancock (MA):

~"The Baron of Beacon Hill". Owned a slave named Cato who was freed at age thirty, pp. 77-78

~Owned a slave named Othello (aka 'Thurlow')

~"John Hancock, Patriot in Purple". Traces ownership of Cato and other slaves to Uncle Thomas Hancock, p. 80

~"Anti-Slavery in America". As governor of Massachusetts, helped recovered a group of stolen black slaves, p. 134

John Adams (MA):

~"Papers of John Adams". Along with Thomas Jefferson, wrote a scathing critique of slavery that was removed from the final draft of the Declaration of Independence, p.

~"Slavery in America". Political nature of slavery at the Continental Congress, pp. 56-59

Rufus King (MA):

~"Anti-Slavery". Sent to 'the Northwest' to fight against slavery, p. 93; won the passage of an act that ensured the abolition of slavery there, p. 158

Edmund Gerry (MA):

~"Anti-Slavery". Proposed that Western land sales could buy emancipation for slaves, p. 140

Benjamin Franklin (PA):

~"Anti-slavery". President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, p. 93

Benjamin Rush (PA):

~"Anti-slavery". Succeeded Franklin as President, p. 93; wrote Address on Slavery, p. 54-62

Gouverneur Morris (PA):

~"Anti-slavery". Limited abolition crusade to state level, p. 92; national curtailment of slave trade and slave-owners representation (3/5's compromise), pp. 137, 157

Luther Martin (MD):

~"Anti-slavery". Attempt to prohibit slave trade nationally, p. 92

John Rutledge (SC):

~"Anti-slavery". Argued for abolition and emancipation to be dealt with on a state level, p. 115-116