The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay: Carefully Collected from the Publick Records and Ancient Printed Books. To which is Added an Appendix, Tending to Explain the Spirit, Progress and History of the Jurisprudence of the State; Especially in a Moral and Political View. Published by Order of the General Court |
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| Title | The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay: Carefully Collected from the Publick Records and Ancient Printed Books. To which is Added an Appendix, Tending to Explain the Spirit, Progress and History of the Jurisprudence of the State; Especially in a Moral and ... Legal classics library Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery |
| Author | Massachusetts |
| Contributor | Massachusetts. General Court |
| Publisher | T.B. Wait and Company, 1814 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 7, 2008 |
| Length | 830 pages |
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