1729

North and South Carolina Granted Charters

The colonies of South and North Carolina were granted charters and each memorialized that the colony would be bound by England’s rule of law and the Magna Carta. Born in either colony conferred British subjecthood per charter and all legal rights of being an Englishman.

Benjamin Franklin Publishes Antislavery Tract

In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin publishes A brief examination of the practise of the times, an antislavery tract written by the Pennsylvanian Quaker Ralph Sandiford.

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