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Allen Light's Sailor Protection Paper

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Please read Allen Light’s Sailor Protection Paper and use it to answer the questions below.

  1. Where was this letter written? ___________________________________
  2. Who wrote it? _______________________________________________
  3. When was it written? __________________________________________
  4. How old was Allen Light when he got this letter?_____________________
  5. When was he born?___________________________________________
  6. Where was he born?__________________________________________
  7. What did he look like?_________________________________________
  8. Was he a free man or a slave?__________________________________
  9. What was his citizenship?______________________________________
  10. What was his job? ____________________________________________

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