What were "freedom petitions"?
A) legally binding agreements that allowed slaves to earn their freedom after thirty years of service
B) protests in the streets of southern towns, where slaves demanded freedom
C) newspaper articles that called out slaves who had illegally gained their freedom
D) documents signed by free white men in an attempt to liberate slaves
E) arguments for liberty presented to New England's courts and legislatures in the early 1770s by enslaved African-Americans
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