Examples of New Freedom in the following topics:
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- The Dutch colony of New Netherland changed hands several times and eventually ceded, transferring permanently to Britain in 1674.
- In March 1664, Charles II of England resolved to seize New Netherland .
- On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into New Amsterdam's harbor and demanded New Netherland's surrender.
- This map represents the first usage of the term New Netherland to describe the colony.
- Analyze the Anglo-Dutch wars and the transfer of New Amsterdam to the British
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- He promised such slave recruits freedom in exchange for service in the British Army.
- Despite this, many slaves were willing to risk their lives for a chance at freedom.
- Slaves also escaped in New England and New York, often joining the British forces occupying New York for freedom.
- Tye and his comrades believed that they were fighting not just for their own individual freedom but for the freedom of enslaved blacks in North America.
- The Earl of Dunmore issued a proclamation offering freedom to all slaves who would leave their masters and fight on behalf of Britain during the Revolutionary War.
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- Despite the restrictive nature of early colonial laws, the ideas of freedom of speech and expression emerged steadily over time.
- One such instance in which the concept of freedom of expression dramatically expanded was the Zenger Trial.
- John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper editor, began to voice opposition to several policies implemented by the newly appointed colonial governor, William Cosby.
- Supported by members of the popular party, Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal continued to publish critical attacks on the royal governor.
- Cosby was attacked by Zenger's paper for his actions while governor of New York.
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- Despite promises of freedom in exchange for service during the war, whites still denied many slaves their liberty following the conflict.
- Because they were the property of Loyalists, they never gained their freedom from slavery.
- Many of the Patriots' slaves who sided with the British were promised their freedom.
- They sailed to New York, England, and Nova Scotia.
- On January 15, 1792, 1,193 blacks left Halifax for West Africa and a new life.
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- Deism played a major part in inspiring enlightenment philosophy and in the creation of the principle of religious freedom.
- In the United States, Enlightenment philosophy (which itself was heavily inspired by Deist ideals) played a major role in creating the principle of religious freedom, which is expressed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- Another major contributor to Deism was Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), who wrote the "Bible" of American deism in his (1801) and attempted to organize Deism by forming the "Deistical Society of New York.
- Another major contributor to Deism was Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), who wrote the "Bible" of American deism in his Principles of Nature (1801) and attempted to organize Deism by forming the "Deistical Society of New York. "
- The principle of religious freedom, guaranteed in the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, was inspired partially by Deist ideas.
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- During the 1960s the black freedom struggle included the 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Freedom Summer, and the 1965 March in Selma.
- It played a major role in organizing sit-ins and freedom rides, the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party over the next few years.
- Though Freedom Summer failed to register many voters, it significantly effected the course of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Before Freedom Summer, the national news media had paid little attention to the persecution of black voters in the Deep South and the dangers endured by black civil rights workers.
- On June 21, 1964, the Freedom Summer got national attention when three civil rights workers disappeared .
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- The first Freedom Ride of the 1960s left Washington D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.
- The freedom riders encountered little difficulty until they reached Rock Hill, South Carolina, where a mob severely beat John Lewis, a freedom rider who later became chairman of SNCC.
- Despite being faced with severe violence, the freedom rides made an impact.
- In September of 1961, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issued new policies that went into effect on November 1.
- Before Freedom Summer, the national news media had paid little attention to the persecution of black voters in the Deep South and the dangers endured by black civil rights workers.
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- The Zenger Trial paved the way for freedom of the press in America by arguing that true statements could not be outlawed as libel.
- John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) was a German-American printer, publisher, editor and journalist in New York City.
- John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper editor, publicly opposed several policies implemented by the newly-appointed colonial governor William Cosby.
- Supported by members of the popular party, Zenger's New-York Weekly Journal published articles criticizing the royal governor.
- Cosby was attacked by Zenger's paper for his actions while governor of New York
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- She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi's Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1964, and later became the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Though the incident had profound physical and psychological effects, Hamer returned to Mississippi to organize voter registration drives, including the "Freedom Ballot Campaign", a mock election, in 1963, and the Freedom Summer initiative in 1964.
- In the mid-1960s, she wrote a column called "A Woman's Word" for the weekly African-American newspaper the New York Amsterdam News.
- In 1990, Height, along with 15 other African Americans, formed the African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom.
- Fannie Lou Hamer was instrumental in organizing Mississippi's Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1964, and later became the vice-chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
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- Freedom for slaves could only be obtained through manumission by their owner, or through dangerous escape.
- The principal organized bodies to advocate these reforms in the North were the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and the New York Manumission Society.
- While slaveholders opposed freedom for blacks, they saw "repatriation" as a way of avoiding rebellions.
- New York (1799) and New Jersey (1804) adopted laws gradually freeing enslaved people, but some people in these states remained enslaved until 1824 (NY) and 1865 (NJ).
- Many slaves fled through the Underground Railroad, seeking freedom in the North.