Letters from a man of colour, on a late bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 28931
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1813
Place of publication: Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: African Americans; Legal status, laws; Emigration and immigration; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Notes: Five letters "suggested by the promulgation of a late bill, before the Senate of Pennsylvania, to prevent the emigration of people of colour into this state." An act to prevent the migration of people of color was reported in the House of Representatives on March 20, 1813. It is not indexed in the Senate journals but is tagged in the index to the House journals as unfinished business.

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Each letter is signed "A man of colour" [i.e., James Forten]; the first is dated April 1813.

Shaw & Shoemaker 28931

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