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Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668865

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Boston

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obediah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty laws

Selected signatures:

1. Henry Mitchell
2. R.M. Washington
3. Mary Ann Washington
4. Robert Morris
5. John V. de Grasse
6. James Burr
7. Cyrus Foster
8. George Washington
9. Henry Tyler
10. Joseph L. Barbadoes
11. George L. Ruffin
12. William C. Nell
13. Louisa M. Jacobs
14. Harriet A. Jacobs
15. John Oliver
16. Ira Gray
17. Jonas W. Clark
18. John B. Bailey
19. William H. Thomas
20. Darbe Vassell [Darby Vassall?]
21. Simpson Lewis

Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-29,1861-01-30

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 30, 1861 and concurred

Total signatures: 414

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Females of color signatures: 143

Males of color signatures: 135

Unidentified signatures: 136

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: not column separated

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Additional archivist notes: Two texts, signatures on front and back; includes note: "obtained in church, and no paper available" to explain signatures on the back, religious

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861

Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.