These three documents chronicle the efforts of enslaved woman Mayken van Angola to secure her freedom from the Dutch West India Company after thirty-four years of servitude.
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The story of one of the first enslaved women brought to New Netherland.
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This is the story of a free Black orphan who ran afoul of the courts in New Amsterdam and was ultimately enslaved.
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This is the story of an enslaved woman who was accused of burning down forty-five homes and businesses in Montreal in 1734.
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In this document, the Dutch government awards Sarah Roelfs Kierstede van Borsum a land grant in recognition of her services as a translator in meetings with the Lenni-Lenape.
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This is the story of a sachem of the Pocassett people who led her warriors in support of Metacom/King Philip’s war against the Puritans.
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Excerpts from the French legal code governing enslaved people that deal specifically with enslaved women and reproduction.
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The story of the wife of the governor of New Mexico, who was arrested by the Holy Office of the Inquisition.
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