Colonel James Barrett

Posted on | August 14, 2009 | Comments Off

Colonel James Barrett was like many other wealthy and titled Concord men in the 1700s in that he owned humans, including a young man named Philip who is listed in a 1775 militia roll call. For a school assignment, one of James’ sons drew up a mock bill of sale in which he imagined selling Philip to a Cambridge resident.

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