Jeremy Belknap and Jonathan Mitchell Sewall as abolitionists :defining the extent of New Hampshire's Bill of Rights: Historical New Hampshire / Robert B. Dishman.

Title:

Jeremy Belknap and Jonathan Mitchell Sewall as abolitionists :defining the extent of New Hampshire's Bill of Rights: Historical New Hampshire / Robert B. Dishman.

Author:

Dishman, Robert B.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2010.

Physical Description:

p. 66-92.

Source:

Vol. 64, No. 2 (Winter 2010) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

The article examines the roles played by minister Jeremy Belknap and lawyer Jonathan Mitchell Sewall in forwarding the abolitiionish movement in New Hampshire during the late 1700s. Actions of particular importance, according to the author, were Belknap's religious services for African Americans in Dover, New Hampshire, and Sewall's representation of twenty African slaves in Portsmouth who petitioned for their freedom with the New Hampshire legislature. The author goes into further detail regarding the petition, noting the leadership displayed by slave Nero Brewster.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Abolitionists 18th century. New Hampshire , African American abolitionists New Hampshire. , Slavery History. United States , Antislavery movements 18th century. New Hampshire

People:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798. , Sewall, Jonathan Mitchell. , Brewster, Nero.

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