Massachusetts Banishment Act
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The Massachusetts Banishment Act also known as the "Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts" was an act passed on September, 1778, "to prevent the return to this state of certain persons therein named and others who have left this state or either of the United States, and joined the enemies thereof".
Over 300 persons are listed in the act.
Compare New Jersey Banishment Act.
Noteworthies listed in the act
- Sampson Salter Blowers, lawyer, friend of Benedict Arnold.
- Thomas Hutchinson, late governor
- Francis Bernard, former governor
- Thomas Oliver, late lieutenant governor
- Timothy Ruggles, of Hardwick, in the county of Worcester, a member of the Stamp Act Congress of 1765
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