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n New England, Election Day was not just a special day to white citizens, but to the slave population as well. Depending on the location within New England, slaves in the mid-18th century elected black governors and kings.
n New England, Election Day was not just a special day to white citizens, but to the slave population as well. Depending on the location within New England, slaves in the mid-18th century elected black governors and kings.
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