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Physical description: Ms., 8 p. 47.5 cm. Tied.
Item note: The Petition, of the Coloured Inhabitants, of the Island of Antigua. (ms. title-page)"Antigua -- To The Honorable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. -- The Humble Petition of the Undersigned for themselves and on behalf of the other Free Inhabitants not being Whites, Sheweth, That Your Petitioners... pray for a redress... Your Petitioners have presented several petitions to the local Legislature... Your Petitioners despairing of... change... are impelled to lay their grievances before Your Honorable House... Your Petitioners... are prevented from being employed on Plantations as Overseers or Managers... are not eligible to hold Commissions in the Militia... nor to serve as Grand Jurors, Petit Jurors, or even on Coroners' Inquests... excluded from Parochial Aid..."Signed with 316 names.
Original digital object name: bei-m547a
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