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July 1888 Jul 1888

July 1888

The Golden Rule

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June 1888 Jun 1888

June 1888

The Golden Rule

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May 1888 May 1888

May 1888

The Golden Rule

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April 1888 Apr 1888

April 1888

The Golden Rule

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March 1888 Mar 1888

March 1888

The Golden Rule

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February 1888 Feb 1888

February 1888

The Golden Rule

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January 1888 Jan 1888

January 1888

The Golden Rule

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December 1887 Dec 1887

December 1887

The Golden Rule

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November 1887 Nov 1887

November 1887

The Golden Rule

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October 1887 Oct 1887

October 1887

The Golden Rule

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Entire Volume Jan 1887

Entire Volume

The Golden Rule

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The Negro Christianized. An Essay To Excite And Assist That Good Work, The Instruction Of Negro-Servants In Christianity (1706), Cotton Mather, Paul Royster , Editor Dec 1705

The Negro Christianized. An Essay To Excite And Assist That Good Work, The Instruction Of Negro-Servants In Christianity (1706), Cotton Mather, Paul Royster , Editor

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There were Africans in New England before there were Puritans there, and by 1700 they numbered about 1,000 out of a total population of 90,000. Roughly half of them lived in Massachusetts, and were concentrated in Boston and the coastal towns. Puritans actively participated in the trafficking of enslaved persons, importing Africans from the West Indies and sometimes selling native American prisoners overseas.

Cotton Mather’s household contained enslaved Negro servants, and his congregation at the Second (or North) Church included both merchants of slavery and persons of African descent. The pamphlet reprinted here appeared in 1706 without his name, but …