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'Let my people go!' Reflections by Phillis Wheatley (1772) and a Petition for Manumission from Felix (1773)

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Actors portray two enslaved people in the early 1770s鈥擯hillis Wheatley and a man named Felix鈥攚ho imagine independence for people of color. Wheatley delivers Reflections on the Appointment of William, Earl of Dartmouth (1772), and Felix reads his Petition for Manumission to Governor Hutchinson (1773).

This is part 2 of four-part video series .

July 4th with the 威尼斯人娱乐场 is made possible in part by the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Foundation through the generous support of John Hancock, AARP, and Dykema.