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Slavery in the Northern Colonies

Lectures in History

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The Selling of Joseph by Samuel Seawall

Samuel Seawall wrote The Selling of Joseph, one of the first antislavery tracks in the English colonies. He argued that it would be better to have white servants for a few term of the years than to have slaves for life. What are some things that jump out to you in terms of examples of racial difference that Z-WAL is using to make his argument?

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