Scroll found in Groton shows Baptist ministers took early stand against slavery
The scroll discovered in Groton, Massachusetts was written in 1847 and signed by 16 Baptist ministers.
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The scroll discovered in Groton, Massachusetts was written in 1847 and signed by 16 Baptist ministers.
A scroll where Baptist ministers took an early stand against slavery has been rediscovered in Groton, Massachusetts. WBZ-TV's Courtney Cole reports.
The scroll, titled "A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery," dates to 1847 and was signed by more than 115 Baptist ministers.
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Nikki Haley is walking back comments she made about the Civil War on Wednesday as the campaign year comes to an end.
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The opening of a new exhibit at Faneuil Hall on slavery in Boston was met with protests Friday, as people called on the building's name to be changed.
A new exhibit is set to officially open at Faneuil Hall on Friday but a local advocacy group is protesting the event, citing an inappropriate location for the exhibit.
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A unique lawsuit filed against the state of Vermont is being allowed continue in the courts. A man is suing Vermont's prison system, claiming they violated his 13th Amendment rights under the Constitution.
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The town of Foxboro had threatened to cancel the seven matches if it didn't get $7.8 million for security.
A 14-year-old girl was taken into immigration custody, but has since been ordered by a judge to be returned to Massachusetts.
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Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
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A woman went to visit her mother's grave at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury and was surprised to see the headstone was moved.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
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The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.