Sunday 18 January 2015

When Samuel Adams received a female slave as a wedding gift…

Samuel-Adams When Samuel Adams received a female slave as a wedding gift, he insisted that “a slave can not live in my house; if she comes she must be free.” He was able to free her after years of writing emancipation papers, and treated her as an equal family member throughout that time.






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/1Bo1Jnb

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