Sewell, Samuel, 1652-1730 Order to search for kidnapped slave signed by Sewall as Chief Justice

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Object Details

GLC#: GLC07448
Type: Documents
Date: 1722/12/03
Author/Creator: Sewell, Samuel, 1652-1730
Title: Order to search for kidnapped slave signed by Sewall as Chief Justice
Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm

Time Period

Primary time period: Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763

Sub-Era: Religion and Eighteenth-Century Revivalism Slavery & Anti-slavery The Origins of Slavery

Summary of Content

Order signed by Sewall as Chief Justice of Massachusetts.

People

Sewell, Samuel, 1652-1730

Subjects

Government and Civics

African American History

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