Quakers and Slavery

Haverford

The Religious Society of Friends was the first corporate body in Britain and North America to fully condemn slavery as both ethically and religiously wrong in all circumstances. It is in Quaker records that we have some of the earliest manifestations of anti-slavery sentiment, dating from the 1600s. After the 1750s, some Quakers actively engaged in attempting to sway public opinion in Britain and America against the slave trade and slavery in general. At the same time, some Quakers became actively involved in the economic, educational and political well being of the formerly enslaved.

 Quakers and Slavery was a consortial project of Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Funding was provided by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, through a program stipulated by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). This program is administered in Pennsylvania through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries for assisting libraries in providing all users access to information, developing partnerships, and increasing information access for persons who have difficulty gaining it.

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Lucretia Mott letter
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter
Description:
Fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses recent news concerning friends and family.
Date:
1828-1860
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1781-03-17
Description:
Typed copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Discussing education for the "poor blacks".
Date:
1781-03-17
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to John Smith, 1758-02-25
Title:
Letter to John Smith, 1758-02-25
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to John Smith. Refers to memorials for deceased Ministers and Elders, including Michael Lightfoot.
Date:
1758-02-25
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1846-09-29
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1846-09-29
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding the Free Produce Movement. Particularly his intentions to bring the Movement to Great Britain and France. Contrast has been adjusted to improve readability.
Date:
1846-09-29
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Possibly a fragment. Lucretia Mott discusses her "economy" in writing her letters over other's letters, stating that she is "giving others the benefit of them, rather than make lamplighters of them." She sent half a dozen "photos and autos" to the California Women's Rights Society. She references the recent split within the suffrage movement, writing that "indeed there seems to be rather a disposition to quit fighting and try to unite again" as long as Victoria Woodhull and Cosmo-Politico don't "make another bone of contention." In reference to Victoria Woodhull, she writes that James Miller McKim thought the idea of her running for President "was enough to stamp her with George Francis Train."
Date:
1871-05-04
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes to her sister Martha Wright about recent activities of family members and friends. She has learned that one of Martha's housekeepers stole from Martha, and says she does not "believe it is the Irish nature" but rather "exceptional cases." Lucretia notes that they "must not turn from such pioneers as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony" and defends their newspaper, The Revolution, while alluding to the current divisions within the suffrage movement caused by Stanton and Anthony's alignment with George Francis Train.
Date:
1869-09-23
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Letter to Eastern Pennsylvania Antislavery Society
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1783-07
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1783-07
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn. Benezet expresses his interest in the "case and situation" of the Indians. Encloses his "Observation on Indians" along with four pamphlets relating to Indian affairs.
Date:
1783-07
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Title:
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Date:
1841-08-16
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
History of Western District Colored School
Title:
History of Western District Colored School
Description:
Anonymous account of Western District Colored School beginning with its founding in 1848.
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Title:
Letter to Moses Brown, 1774-05-09
Description:
Copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Moses Brown. Discussing Eastern States' petitions and bills to the King and Parliament in opposition to slavery and the slave trade. Benezet discusses his friend Samuel Nottingham and his wife's slaves. Also includes an account of a letter concerning the lives and future of slaves from Nathanial Gilbert of Antigua.
Date:
1774-05-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright
Description:
Lucretia Mott discusses the "reconciliation meeting" called by Theodore Tilton which involved representatives from the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association (the two organizations formed when the American Equal Rights Association split in 1869). She writes "several proposals made - none of which acceded to, and she states that Martha Lord and Anna Coffin Temple Brown were inclined to the Boston side (the AWSA). Mott expresses disappointment in the meeting and writes of her intent to never join another organization.
Date:
1870-04-07
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts
Letter to John Smith, 1760-02-08
Title:
Letter to John Smith, 1760-02-08
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to John Smith of Burlington. Refers to a publishing project.
Date:
1760-02-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844-08-06 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1844-08-06 [extracts]
Description:
Report of the Joint Committee of the four Philadelphia Monthly Meetings on the subject of the Coloured Schools.
Date:
1844-08-26
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1773-04-08
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet addresses the Maryland Assembly's petition to increase the tax on imported slaves and notes the increased danger of a slave revolt if the slave trade continues.
Date:
1773-04-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
The Slave's Friend
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Books and Periodicals, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Constitution of the Free Produce Society of Pennsylvania
Collection:
Friends Historical Library Books and Periodicals, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Title:
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Description:
John Davis' response to Joseph Talcot's request for information regarding the free African-Americans settling at the Wilberforce colony in Canada.
Date:
1830-05-01
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter from a freedman
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore

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