All posts tagged "Mashpee Mass."

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  William Apess Leads the Bloodless Mashpee Revolt of 1833

  William Apess was the perfect person to lead the nonviolent Mashpee Revolt of 1833, an uprising against the Massachusetts government. The commonwealth...

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  Mashpee Teen James Mye Ends Slavery for Indian Children

  James Mye, a poor Indian boy, was apprenticed to a Nantucket couple whose children treated him like a slave. The commonwealth never...