In February 1783, #BelindaSutton became the first person to successfully petition a state legislature for #reparations from her former enslaver. The vivid petition text was crafted to describe Belinda's kidnapping in Africa and subsequent hardships, and to condemn the practice of slavery.
#KiahDuggins wrote a piece about #BelindaSutton, enslaved woman who petitioned #MApoli for #reparations from a Tory family that fled in the #Revolution250 days.
I put it on Belinda's page a while ago. I had no idea her life had touched mine....
#BlackHistoryMonth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belinda...
