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Battle Joined
Asserting American Rights
James Otis. The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1764. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (006.00.04)
[Digital ID# us0006_04]
A Push Toward Rebellion
Paul Revere. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regiment. Engraving. Boston: Paul Revere, after 1770. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (11.02.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-19159]
Jefferson Argues to Free Slaves
Reports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia. . . . Charlottesville, Virginia: F. Carr, 1829. Law Library, Library of Congress (12)
[Digital ID# us00012 — us0012_1]
Throwing British East India Company Tea into Boston Harbor
“Americans Throwing the Cargoes of the Tea ships into the River, at Boston.” Engraving from W.D. Rev. Mr. Cooper. The History of North America. London: E. Newbery, 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (12.01.00)
[Digital ID# us0012_01]
Franklin on Slavery
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Benezet, August 22, 1772. Manuscript. Benjamin Franklin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (13)
[Digital ID# us0013]
Sparking Anti-Slavery Sentiment in America
Anthony Benezet. Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes with Some Advice Thereon. . . . Germantown, Pennsylvania: Christopher Sower, 1759. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (13.01.01)
[Digital ID# us0013_02p1]
Call for the Abolition of Slavery
Benjamin Rush. Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlement in America upon Slave-keeping. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
[Digital ID# us0014]
American Drama Promotes Revolutionary Cause
Mercy Otis Warren. The Adulateur. A Tragedy. . . . Boston: New Printing Office, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (15.00.03)
[Digital ID# us0015p3]
The Bostonians in Distress, 1774
Attributed to Philip Dawe. The Bostonians in Distress. Mezzotint. London: R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1774. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (16.03.00)
[Digital ID# http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a13536]
Contradiction between Liberty and Slavery
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Jean Nicolas Démeunier, January 24, 1786. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (16)
[Digital ID# us0016]
Virginia Declaration of Rights
George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee. Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776. Manuscript. George Mason Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (33.00.00)
[Digital ID#us0033tt_1; us0033tt_2]
Drafting the Virginia Declaration of Rights
James Madison. Notes of the Virginia Convention, May–June, 1776. Manuscript. James Madison Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (33.02.00, 33.02.01)
[Digital ID# us0033_02; us0033_02p01]
George Washington, Commander in Chief
Charles Willson Peale, painter and engraver. His Excel: G. Washington Esq. L.L.D., Late commander in chief of the armies of the U.S. of America and President of the Convention of 1787. Mezzotint engraving, 1787. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.01.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17515]
John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress
The Honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, President of the American Congress─done from an original picture painted by Littleford. London: C. Shepherd, 1775. Mezzotint from a portrait by R. Purcell, alias C. Corbutt, alias Littleford. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (24)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-17519]
Declaration of Independence Rough Draft
Thomas Jefferson. Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, June–July 1776. Manuscript. Thomas Jefferson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (34)
[Digital ID# us0034tt_1 — us0034tt_4]
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