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234 years later, NH slaves are granted freedom

By HOLLY RAMER | Associated Press – Fri, Jun 7, 2013

  • FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, Democratic New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan delivers her Budget Address to the Legislature at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H. Hassan is signing a bill Friday, June 7, 2013, that emancipates 14 slaves who petitioned for their freedom in 1779. The Legislature had voted to posthumously free the slaves, who signed a petition submitted to legislators on Nov. 12, 1779, during the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

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    Associated Press/Jim Cole, File - FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo, Democratic New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan delivers her Budget Address to the Legislature at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H. Hassan …more 

 

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Fourteen slaves who petitioned the New Hampshire Legislature for their freedom during the Revolutionary War were granted posthumous emancipation Friday when the governor signed a largely symbolic bill that supporters hope will encourage future generations to pursue social justice.

A group of 20 slaves who had fought in the war submitted a petition to the New Hampshire General Assembly on Nov. 12, 1779, while the war was still being fought. They argued that the freedom being sought by colonists should be extended to them, as well, and maintained that "public tyranny and slavery are alike detestable to minds conscious of the equal dignity of human nature."

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