Letter, 1775 January 25, Newport, Rhode Island, to Levi Hart.

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Letter, 1775 January 25, Newport, Rhode Island, to Levi Hart.

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Briefly analyzes Hart's paper on freeing slaves in Conn.; feels that they must be freed even if their masters are not compensated, just as Christian slaves in Algiers held in bondage by the Mohammedans have a right to freedom.

4 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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