奴隸’麻塞諸塞 ’’’督’申’
The Slaves' Appeal to the Royal Governor of Massachusetts




我們’生而’由’而’’未簽’任’’’’’議’棄’’’’項’賜’

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有’殖民’反對奴隸’’尤’’教友’’’諾’’’及像’Ｗ’’’蘭’’’’歷’’’’’爾’’’翰’傑伊’樣’領’’’’’’類天生’’爲基礎’革’號’’’’’奴隸提’’們’有獲’’由’’’’’’’1774’5月25日’麻塞諸塞’’’奴隸’’’殖民’督托馬斯’’’提’’’’申’’

’革’’’’’’國’隊’黑’排除’’’’’’當’國’號’奴隸參’’’們那邊’’’國革’’’’’’策’倒’’’’’有五’’’裔’國’參’’國’隊’戰’’中有奴隸’有’由’’’’’由’’戰’期間’’而獲’’由’還有’’數’’’’奴隸’戰’期間’奴隸’’鎖’’’’不’’’部分’’’仍’還’奴隸’’’對’個’國’’’’’污’

’’個’由’基督’國’裏’由’’’’’’’’’奴’’’’’’本’黑’’’提’申’’

我們謹’’’’

’’申’’’白’’’我們’’’’有剝奪我們’’由’話’我們’’’’’’樣都有獲’’’’由’天賦’’’’爲我們’生而’由’而’’未簽’任’’’’’’’棄’’’’項’賜’’’’我們’’殘酷’’’之手把我們’我們最親’’’友身邊’走’’有’’’’’’’’母’’裏’偷走’’’’’個’’衆’’’’’饒’國’’’’走’’我們’’’’裏’’迫’’個基督教國’裏終身爲奴’’樣我們’’剝奪’’切’’’生’僅’忍’’’’’夫’之間’甜’關’’我們’’’’爲我們不’’像我們’’’’’’’’’爲’那樣’正當結’’未曾結’’夫’’我們’’’’’’’’我們身邊奪走’’’’離我們’’’里’’’’方’’迫’們終身爲奴’’那種’方我們’難’’’永遠’’’見’’們’由’’們’’母親’裏’’’’走’’’們’生’有’’’’’暫’’由’’’原’’我們’生’’’’’’我們’種’憐’’’’我們’’’’’’’’’示我們’’’’’個奴隸’’’’’’’’夫’職’’’’’’’’’’母’職’’’個’夫’麽’離’’’’爲’’’’’’’’’示’心’’’’’麽’’’順’’’’’夫’’’’麽’’’’’’’’’母’我們中有’’’’’誠’基督’’’’’奴隸’麽’說’’’’那條友’’’’有難’當’讓’’’’友情’續’’’’戒’當’’給我’’’重’奴隸鎖鏈’壓迫我’’志’’’麽’說’’’分擔我’’難’’’種情’’’我們’麽’盡’我們對’’’職’’’爲’’’種情’’我們’不’像我們應該做’那樣’’’’’’’個國’’’’’不’爲奴隸’’正當’而’譴’奴隸’’’我們’不’’’’’’中’’’等’’’’’’’’有’什麽’’’’’我們成爲奴隸’那麽我們謹’爲’’’’’’有’什麽’’’’我們’’’’’個’由’國’裏’’生’成爲終生奴隸’’’我們懇請’’閣’’對’我們’申’予’重視’考’’’’據’’’頂’’’’’’’我們獲’天賦’’由’’’我們’’’’’’’’’歲’獲’’由’’’’爲’我們’’’’’’申’’有’務’’提’申’’

The Slaves' Appeal to the Royal Governor of Massachusetts

The Petition of a Grate Number of Blacks of this Province who by divine permission are held in a state of Slavery within the bowels of a free and Christian Country

Humbly Shewing

That your Petitioners apprehind we have in common with all other men a naturel right to our freedoms without Being depriv'd of them by our fellow men as we are a freeborn Pepel and have never forfeited this Blessing by aney compact or agreement whatever. But we were unjustly dragged by the cruel hand of power from our dearest frinds and sum of us stolen from the bosoms of our tender Parents and from a Populous Pleasant and plentiful country and Brought hither to be made slaves for Life in a Christian land. Thus we are deprived of every thing that hath a tendency to make life even tolerable, the endearing ties of husband and wife we are strangers to for we are no longer man and wife than our masters or mistresses thinkes proper marred or onmarred. Our children are also taken from us by force and sent maney miles from us wear we seldom or ever see them again there to be made slaves of for Life which sumtimes; is vere short by Reson of Being dragged from their mothers Breest Thus our Lives are imbittered to us on these accounts By our deplorable situation we are rendered incapable of shewing our obedience to Almighty God how can a slave perform the duties of a husband to a wife or parent to his child How can a husband leave master to work and cleave to his wife How can the wife submit themselves to there husbands in all things How can the child obey thear parents in all things. There is a great number of us sencear ... members of the Church of Christ how can the master and the slave be said to fulfil that command Live in love let Brotherly Love contuner and abound Beare yea onenothers Bordenes How can the master be said to Beare my Borden when he Beares me down whith the Have chanes of slavery and operson against my will and how can we fulfill our parte of duty to him whilst in this condition and as we cannot searve our God as we ought whilst in this situation. Nither can we reap an equal benefet from the laws of the Land which doth not justifi but condemns Slavery or if there had bin aney Law to hold us in Bondage we are Humbely of tile opinion ther never was aney to inslave our children for life when Born in a free Countrey. We therfor Bage your Excellency and Honours will give this its deer weight and consideration and that you will accordingly cause an act of the legislative to be pessed that we may obtain our Natural right our freedoms and our children be set at lebety at the yeare of twenty one for whoues sekes more petequeley your Petitioners is in Duty ever to pray.

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