MINI-COMICS / NH’s Black Revolutionaries / 👈Jude Hall #1
Some of the many risks & challenges facing “free” black families in 19th century New England, even as slavery slowly disappears from the law books…
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SOURCES:
- Strong and Brave Fellows: New Hampshire’s Black Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, 1775-1784 (Glenn A. Knoblock / 2003)
- National Park Service: “Jude Hall”
- Wikipedia: “Jude Hall”
- Seacoast Online: “Jude Hall & his Family’s Struggle”
- etc.
- (Q) When did New Hampshire abolish slavery?
Unclear… NH extended citizenship regardless of race or ethnicity in 1857 (same year as the Dred Scott decision!), but explicit abolition of slavery would only occur with the 13th Amendment in 1865.
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