[Document, 1796 March 08]
- Title
- [Document, 1796 March 08]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Hamilton, William (Author)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- March 08, 1796
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 4 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- He is a Negro whose ancestors are from Africa, although he is a native of New York. Sees his brothers groaning under the oppression of slavery; as property stolen against their will they should be set free. "How false and contradictory do the Americans speak when [they call] this land a land of liberty and equality, a Christian country, when every part of it abounds with slavery."
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.07312