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John Hepburn, a Quaker from New Jersey, publishes The American Defence of the Christian Golden Rule, or, An Essay to prove the Unlawfulness of making Slaves of Men.

Queen Anne died and was succeeded by George I of Hanover by the Act of Settlement.

Birth of Anthony Benezet in St. Quentin, France. Benezet would go on to be one of the most important Quaker abolitionists of the mid-eighteenth century.

African revolt against slavery in New York led to nine white men dead, 70 blacks arrested and jailed. Of the 70 blacks, 27 were put on trial and 21 convicted and executed.

Pennsylvania prohibits the importation of blacks and Indians.

New York forbids blacks, Indians, and mulattoes from walking at night without lighted lanterns.

The Act of Union between Scotland and England was ratified, and the new British Parliament soon took in its first Scottish Members.

The Act of Union between Scotland and England was ratified, and the new British Parliament soon took in its first Scottish Members.

New York declares blacks, Indians, and slaves who kill white people to be subject to the death penalty.

The Virginia Slave Code codified the status of slaves, further limited their freedom, and defined some rights of slave owners.

Massachusetts requires every master who liberates a slave to pay a bond of 50 pounds or more in case the freedman becomes a public charge.

William of Orange invaded England during the Glorious Revolution causing James II to flee to France.