Nova Scotia Archives
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Petition of John Taylor and Others of Annapolis County
The Petition of the proprietors of "Negro Servants" brought from His Majestys late Colonies now called the United States of America. (See bill no. 56, for regulating negro servitude in the province, deferred.)
Date: 3 December 1807
Reference Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series A volume 14 number 49
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