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282 ABIGAIL ADAMS (1744-1818)
283 Letter to John Adams (March 31, 1776: The Passion for Liberty)
284 RELATED VOICES
EMMA WILLARD
On Female Education
285 THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809)
Common Sense
287 Introduction
288 Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
The American Crisis
294 Number I
299 MICHEL-GUILLAUME JEAN DE CRéVECOEUR (1735-1813)
301 Letters from an American Farmer
from Letter III: What is an American?
315 OLOUDAH EQUIANO (GUSTAVUS VASSA) (1745-1801)
3l6 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oloudah Equiano
Chapter II: Kidnapping and Enslavement
327 Cultural Portfolio: Slavery, Freedom, and Identity
329 SAMUEL SEWALL
The Diary of Samuel Sewall
The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial
331 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
from An Address to the Public; from the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting
the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in
Bondage
332 THOMAS JEFFERSON
from Notes on the State of Virginia: On the Traits of Blacks
334 BLACK PETITIONS FOR FREEDOM
338 ANONYMOUS
The American Museum; or, Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive
Pieces, Prose and Poetical, May 1789
Prose description of engraving, "Plan of an African Ship's Lower Deck"
339 MICHEL-GUILLAUME JEAN DE CRéVECOEUR
Letters from an American Farmer
from Letter IX: Charleston Slave