1845 Petition Requesting that the State of Massachusetts Condemn the Mistreatment of Its Citizens in Other States
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Title
1845 Petition Requesting that the State of Massachusetts Condemn the Mistreatment of Its Citizens in Other States
Subject
Charles Battiste
Description
This 1845 petition called on the state government of Massachusetts to protect its citizens from mistreatment in other states. As with earlier petitions, the primary concern as the abuse and kidnapping of free African-Americans from Massachusetts when they traveled outside the state, particularly to southern slave-owning states. Charles A. Battiste (Sr.) was one of three officers organizing the meeting and signed the petition.
Creator
Colored Citizens of Boston
Source
Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA, 2015, "Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.124, SC1/series 228, Petition of Soloman R. Alexander", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TNNPA, Harvard Dataverse, V4
Publisher
Harvard Dataverse
Date
02/03/1845
Contributor
[no text]
Rights
Open source.
Relation
[no text]
Format
pdf
Language
en
Type
Archival document
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
1840-1850
Files
Citation
Colored Citizens of Boston, “1845 Petition Requesting that the State of Massachusetts Condemn the Mistreatment of Its Citizens in Other States,” Central New York Digital History, accessed May 20, 2024, https://cnydigitalhistory.com/items/show/19.