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After the declaration of independence in 1776, different groups of people raised particular issues concerning their status in the society through petitions. This paper will consist in presenting three petitions written in the late eighteenth century. The first document is addressed to the authorities of the state of Pennsylvania in 1784 by the leaders of Philadelphia Jewish community concerning the religious aspect of the constitution. The second petition is addressed by enslaves African-Americans to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1777 about the status of slaves. Maintaining slavery, another point that free inhabitants of Virginia counties addressed in the third petition to the general assembly of Virginia in 1785. The purpose of these

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