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Plymouth certificate of 1676
Certificate of Governor Josiah Winslow of 9 August 1676 condemning 110 captives of King Philip’s War to “perpetual servitude and slavery” and authorizing their sale.
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- 9 Aug 1676
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Certificate from Josiah Winslow, Governor of the Colony of Plymouth issued to Thomas Smith, 9 August 1676, Massachusetts Historical Society, 9 Aug 1676.
Scholarship & press
It condemns 110 Indigenous men, women, and children captured during King Philip’s War to "perpetual servitude and slavery."
The captives were convicted of assisting Sachem Metacom to resist British rule in the colony of Plymouth
The certificate authorizes Capt. Thomas Smith of the ship Seaflower to transport and sell the captives.
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