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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07442 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1797 |
| Title | To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled |
| Date | 1797 |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Printed Quaker petition, containing letters and what is apparently the first printing of the first petition brought before Congress by free Blacks (p. 7) appealing for intervention against the Fugitive Slave Act, which is called "a Flagrant proof of how far human beings, merely on account of color and complexion, are through prevailing predjudices excluded from common justice and...humanity." |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Quaker Religion Fugitive Slave Act Runaway Slave Slavery Law Congress |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | African Americans; Religion; Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | bookshelf |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |