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The Road to the Declaration of Independence: Let my people go!
  • Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022
  • Time: 12:00 pm
  • Location: Online

In the early 1770s, two enslaved people, Phillis Wheatley and a man named Felix, imagine independence for people of color.

This is part 2 of 4 part Video Series, The Road to the Declaration of Independence: The Early 1770s—The Flame of Independence is Kindled

July 4th at the National Archives is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of John Hancock, AARP, and Dykema.