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John Holbrooke

John Holbrooke

John Holbrooke is a person, who was in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay. He enslaved Anthony.

Massachusetts State Archives Collection Volume 17

  • Will

“[17:53] And it is my will, that if my Indian Servant Anthony doth behave himself well that he have his freedom in Twelve years after my decease.”

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Massachusetts State Archives Collection Volume 17. (1622–1788). Massachusetts State Archive, Boston. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1055547?availability=Family%20History%20Library [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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