Mechanics’ societies and tradesmen’s associations in cities…
Mechanics’ societies and tradesmen’s associations in cities such as Philadelphia and New York organized public demonstrations and craft-symbol-laden parades in support of ratification, signaling that working proprietors understood themselves as having a stake in a more uniform commercial framework.
Read DetailsElizabeth Freeman (Mumbet) and Quock Walker successfully inv…
Elizabeth Freeman (Mumbet) and Quock Walker successfully invoked the Massachusetts constitution’s declaration of natural equality to secure their freedom, establishing a judicial precedent that effectively ended slavery in that state during the early 1780s.
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