HST 2020 Study Guide - Final Guide: New York Manumission Society, African Free School, Thirteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
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Sir william dolben"s slave limitation (or middle passage) bill reduced the number of captives that british ships could carry. William fox"s address to the people of great britain, on the utility of refraining from west india sugar and rum. Address to the people of great britain, on the utility of refraining from west india. Fox"s pamphlet, which went through fourteen editions, inspired a nationwide boycott of west indian sugar and rum that at its peak involved some 300,000 families. The african free school was an institution founded by members of the new york. Manumission society on november 2, 1787, including alexander hamilton and john. It was founded to provide education to children of slaves and free people of color in nyc. An act for the better protection of the slaves of this island 1805. The agitation of the abolitionists soon gave rise to legal and social change in the.
