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Freedom petitions

1688: Anti-slavery petition divides Quakers
1773-1779: Black freedom petitions: "For the sake of justice, humanity"
1779: In New Hampshire, 20 enslaved Africans petition for freedom
1784: Black Freemasons spur activism, advance abolitionist cause
1788: Massachusetts bans slave trade, expels "outsiders"
1798: George Moses Horton: Poet free after 68 years
1833: Female anti-slavery groups proliferate
1833: National anti-slavery group established
1834: Mill workers support enslaved cotton pickers
1837: Wendell Phillips: Powerful voice for abolition
1837: Planter's daughters campaign for abolition, women's rights
1838: Abolitionists demand Congress restore free debate on slavery
1842: Campaign prevents escapee's return to bondage
1845: Texas takeover decried as land grab for slavery

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