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The article presents the text of the Stamp Act of 1765, enacted by the British Parliament to implement stamp duties and amend other trade duties in the American colonies and plantations. A stamp duty of varying amounts was placed on each piece of paper that was used for declarations, court petitions, claims, pleas, bail, libel or renunciation in ecclesiastical matters, certificate of any university degree, writs of covenant, error, or dower, and any record or copy made of Nisi Prius or Postea. The amounts ranged from a few pence and shillings to ten pounds. The stamp duty was applied to packs of playing cards, dice, pamphlets, and newspapers. The colonists would also be taxed for learning any profession or trade.

Chapter 17 of the book "The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament" is presented. The author receives a paper from Gloucester, England after communicating with proprietor Mister Raikes, and lays the foundation of the petition of Slave Trade in the city, and also at Worcester and Chester. He then arrives at Liverpool and collects African production. Moreover, it informs the controversy issues of Slave Trade.

Chapter V of the book "For the Sake of the School" is presented. It tells the story when Ulyth's roommate Rona touched her papers and Ulyth got angry telling Rona not to touch her papers without her permission. It mentions that Ulyth got angry when someone took her papers in her bedroom and her classmates have read them.