Governor Maggie Hassan signs bill into law that frees 14 African slaves

They are free -- at last. After 234 years, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan today corrected a historical wrong by signing a bill into law that posthumously grants 14 African slaves their freedom. As cannons and mortars roared in the Revolutionary War, 20 African men in the grips of battle had petitioned the state to outlaw slavery and hold true to the ideals upon which the Revolution was based.