Document: Council resolution on freedom of Native Americans from enslavement

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1894-78_V028_174
Description

Council Minutes. Resolution that all Indians are free and not slaves, and cannot be forced to be servants, unless those formerly brought from the Bay of Campeche or other foreign parts; any of these brought within six months to be disposed out of the government; all brought to New York from foreign parts after that time to be free.

Document Date
1679-00-00
Document Type
Resolution
Minutes
Document Type Unlinked
Minutes
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Document Finding Aid or Collection
New York Colony Council papers (Series A1894)
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/49830