In impressive thread for Black History Month and the colony of Massachusetts, thanks to @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis
For Black History Month, I will post a daily primary source about a Black resident of 18th-century Massachusetts.
1. Miss Betty Cooper, who was considered male by her enslavers, but was “well known” enough that they did not publish any physical description when she self-emancipated in 1771.
1. Miss Betty Cooper, who was considered male by her enslavers, but was “well known” enough that they did not publish any physical description when she self-emancipated in 1771.
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