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English: Petition of Sarah Robins, a "free born Indian woman", to Governor Robert Hunter, ca. 1711. Robins asked for the governor's protection and legal assistance, as she had been threatened with slavery if she did not convert to Christianity.
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Identifier NYSA_A1894-78_V056_096

New York State Archives, New York (Colony). Council. Council papers, 1664-1781. Series A1894-78, Volume 56, p.96.
Author Sarah Robins


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