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Long Road to Justice: Slavery in the Massachusetts Courts PrimaryLong Road to Justice: Slavery in the Massachusetts Courts Primary
Publisher
Massachusetts Historical Society
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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1190L
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Long Road to Justice: Slavery in the Massachusetts Courts

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Slaves in Massachusetts had access to the court system, and in some cases, it helped them gain their freedom. Read the stories of several of them, and find out how the Fugitive Slave Law either helped or hindered them.

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anthony burns, fugitive slave law, fugitive slave law of 1850, mum bett, quock walker, shadrach minkins, slaves in massachusetts, slaves in massachusetts court, slavery in the new england colonies

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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