Resistance During Slavery

Petition to stop Negro Election Day Salem, 1768, Salem State University Archives, and transcription

May 14, 1808 | Essex Register (Salem, MA) | Issue/ 85 | Page [3]

Found https://www.genealogybank.com/

Negro election day reference “king today but back again tomorrow”

Diary of William Bentley, 1819, published by Essex Institute, 1914

Sat, Mar 06, 1830 | Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA) | Page 4

Found at https://www.genealogybank.com/

Great history of gathering around Pompey of Lynn who was a king in Africa

Boston Traveler Tuesday, Mar 09, 1830 Boston, MA Vol/ V Issue/ 72 Page/ 2

Found https://www.genealogybank.com/

“History of Lynn. The story of Pompey”

Salem Poor Manumission Paper 1769

Found at Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library

List of Massachusetts Troops, 1776 - 1783

Found https://www.fold3.com/image/286762869

Found https://www.fold3.com/image/10117375

Found https://www.fold3.com/image/10117387

Recommendation of Salem Poor

Found https://www.fold3.com/image/16800841

Transcription of recommendation from Bailey, Sarah Loring. Historical Sketches of Andover (comprising the Present Towns of North Andover And Andover), Massachusetts. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1880.

Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting the period 1775 - 1784

Found- https://www.fold3.com/image/17711932?terms=jethro,thistle

Muster roll

Found- https://www.fold3.com/image/10117163?terms=jethro,thistle

Three Salem Poor Envelopes and 1 set of Stamps “Contributors to the cause during the Revolution”

Lawrence Eagle Tribune July 3 1976

Boston News-Letter Sunday, May 24, 1744 Boston, MA Issue: 2095 Page: 2

Found https://www.genealogybank.com/

Mentions an enslaved person starting a fire in a barn

Guardian of Freedom Thursday, Feb 19, 1795 Haverhill, MA Page: 4

Found https://www.genealogybank.com/

Salem Gazette Tuesday, Aug 11, 1795 Salem, MA

Found https://www.genealogybank.com/

Dying Confession of Pomp, A Negro Man, Who Was Executed at Ipswich, on the 6th August, 1795, for Murdering Capt. Charles Furbush, of Andover, Taken from the Mouth of the Prisoner, and Penned by Jonathan Plummer, Jun.:

Found: https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/pomp/pomp.html

Andover Advertiser Oct 22 1853 pg 2

Found MHL.ORG

“Sketches of Octogenarians” Story of the murder

Links to attributed Primary sources associated with Nancy’s suits, compiled by Jeanne Pickering

Belinda Sutton and Royall Family Petitions-

Context- 8 min. Video describing Beinda’s petitions and ties to modern reparations discussions (from Royall House and Slave Quarters website)