Resolution Abolishing Enslavement of Indigenous Peoples

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Date

December 5, 1679

Description

Taken from published index: "Resolution that all Indians are free and not slaves, and cannot be forced to be servants, unless those formerly brought from the Bay of Campeches or other foreign parts; any of these brought within six months to be disposed out of the government; all brought to New York from foreign parts after that time to be free." Description from published volume: "By order of the New York Executive Council, 'all Indyans here are free and not Slaves, nor can bee forc'd to bee servants.'" 1949-1950 New York State Freedom Train Document No. 31.

Type

Written Document

Region

New York State

Era

Colonial America

Topic

Colonial America, Indigenous Peoples of North America

Repository

New York State Archives

Identifier

NYSA_A1894-78_V028_173

Source

New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. New York Colony Council papers. A1894-78.

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