1779
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 731 words.
Thomas Nicholson wrote a letter in which he harshly rebuked to a man who had informed the state authorities of the identity or location of slaves that Nicholson had privately freed. He asked the...
1788
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 516 words.
The yearly meeting regularly sent memorials to the General Assembly seeking a change in the law of manumission that would protect the slaves they set free from re-enslavement. The version of these...
1788
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 692 words.
Despite the frustration that North Carolina Friends experienced when liberated slaves were re-enslaved, they continued to free slaves. In response, in 1788 North Carolina's legislature strengthened...
1791
in Marriage and Revolution
June 2012; published online September 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: early modern history (1500 to 1700). 5037 words.
This chapter describes the time when Roland is sent to Paris to grapple with Lyon's crippling municipal debt, incurred through exactions under the ancien regime. He lobbies the Constituent Assembly...
1791
in Marriage and Revolution
June 2012; published online September 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: early modern history (1500 to 1700). 3302 words.
Mme Roland returns to the Beaujolais with new friend, Sophie Grandchamp. Against expectation, Roland on his return is not elected to the Legislative Assembly by the Lyonnais. The inspectorate is...
1792–1793
in Marriage and Revolution
June 2012; published online September 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: early modern history (1500 to 1700). 8606 words.
Despite the split between Brissotins (or ‘Girondins’) and Montagnards in the Convention, briefly discussed, divisions do not concern all policy: this chapter considers Roland's daily work as Interior...
1797
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 726 words.
In January 1797, Thomas Jordan, clerk of the Standing Committee of the Eastern Quarter of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting, sent a printed copy of a bill that had been proposed in the North Carolina...
1797
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 2079 words.
In 1797, the confrontation between the Quakers of North Carolina and the state of North Carolina came to debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as the result of two petitions. The...
1797
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 3490 words.
On 30 January 1797, Pennsylvania congressman John Swanwick presented the freemen's petition to the House of Representatives. His introducing of this petition was in character with his patronage of...
1797
in The Having of Negroes Is Become a Burden
June 2010; published online September 2011.
Chapter. Subjects: history of the Americas. 1141 words.
The Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting held in September 1797 presented to Congress a memorial touching on the situation in North Carolina. The memorial recalls the Continental Association that was adopted...