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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00819.22 |
| From Archive Folder | Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes |
| Title | Free persons, those bound to servitude for a term of years... |
| Date | 14-15 September 1787 |
| Author | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Document Type | Miscellany; Government document |
| Content Description | Two fragments written on front and back of a quarter sheet of paper. The front has part of the 3/5's clause. On verso begins "Prov'd that no Monopoly be granted" |
| Subjects | Slavery Indentured Servant Runaway Slave African American History Law Government and Civics US Constitution US Constitutional Convention Congress |
| People | Butler, Pierce (1744-1822) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | This collection of Pierce Butler's papers from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provides unique views of the various conflicts that permeated the Constitutional Convention, while bringing to life the process of creating the United States Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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