Petition of Inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A complaint of the treatment of men in the the employ of the whale fishery to include Indians and a request for an inquiry into the matter
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Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nantucket
Protocol: 
Nantucket Public
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Phase 1, Employment, Maritime, Whaling Industry, African-American/Black, Rights, Race, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Petitions, Religion, Law
Original Date: 
1798 May 10th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, House Unpassed 1798, Docket 4702
Identifier: 
1798.02.22.00
Subject: 
Nantucket