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1781
Captain Charles Byles, who enslaved Robin Freeman, left him 40 shillings in his will.
People and Communities, African American History
Hardy, Molly O’Hagan.
Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann before 1900
. Cape Ann Museum, 2018.
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1780
Taxes were cut in half, due to the war's impact on widows and children.
1781
The Mum Bett, or Elizabeth Freeman, Case was tried.
1782
The town voted to protect their fishing grounds as part of a peace agreement.
1782
Prisoners on a cartel from Halifax to Boston stopped in Gloucester to recover from illness.
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