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A Caution and Warning to Great Britain and Her Colonies

Anthony Benezet publishes A Caution and Warning to Great Britain and her Colonies, in a short representation of the calamitous state of the enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions in Philadelphia.

Virginia House of Burgess Boycotts Slave Trade

The Virginia House of Burgess boycotts the British slave trade in protest of the Townsend Acts. Georgia and the Carolinas follow suit.

Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts added duties to the importation of paper, lead, painters’ colors, and tea.

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