Slavery in Colonial Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire/ by Howard T. Oedel.
- Title:
- Slavery in Colonial Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire/ by Howard T. Oedel.
- Author:
- Oedel, Howard T.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946.
- Physical Description:
- p 3-11.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1966 Vol.21, Issue 3 (Autumn 1966) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- After the failure of the Indian slavery and indentured servitude in the 17th century, Black slaves, usually children, were brought from the West Indies for domestic service with the well-to-do. A third of the 150 in New Hampshire in 1721 were in Portsmouth; two-thirds of the 300 in 1775. The freedom clause in Article I of the 1783 New Hampshire constitution was interpreted to grant freedom to all slaves born thereafter; but many were emancipated and some ran away.
- Subjects:
- Slavery New Hampshire.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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