Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 Queries Respecting the Introduction, Progress and Abolition of Slavery in Mass.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06764 Author/Creator: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Document signed Date: 1795/02/17 Pagination: 1 sheet + docket 30 x 18.7 cm Order a Copy
Small broadside, disbound and signed by Belknap. Virginian St. George Tucker wrote a 1796 Dissertation on Slavery, proposing abolition. As part of his research, he queried colleagues with a list of eleven questions which are printed here. Jeremy Belknap, first Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts Historical Society, is believed to be responsible for this printing for distribution to local colleagues. Evans 28257, MHS 2738.
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