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Bound by Law: Limits to Emancipation during the Revolution

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Panel discussion featuring former America 250 NC intern Olivia Cody, who will preview a new America 250 NC digital exhibit focusing on laws restricting African Americans during the Revolution. Archives staff, Adrienne Berney and Alana Gomez, will share the stories of two men who were affected by these laws and emancipated as a result of their actions during the war.

Image: detail of Senate Bill to give Ned Griffin his Freedom, General Assembly Session Records, May 15, April-June 1784, box 3, State Archives of N.C.

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