Was Fairness a very important principle to many American colonists.

yes and no

Explanation: it depends if you are talking about african americans or white people and it depends on the date but if its african americans that was very important to them but white most white people didn't have the word fairness n there vocabulary, but it is also a yes or no answer because people would be in the same colony and where not fair to other people in that specifice colony but others would be fair

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