“'Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom': Slaves’ Petition for Freedom

Part A

1. Read “'Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom': Slaves’ Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature,
   1777”. To whom is the letter addressed? How do the slaves use religion to sway their petition? How do they compare
   themselves to the colonists who are fighting the British for their independence?
   Link http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6237/

Part B

1. Which groups were missing in the Constitution? How does this reveal a contradiction in this
   document? See Chapter 7: Women and Slaves

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