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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George Lord letter to Lucretia Mott
James Mott and James Miller McKim letter
George Lord letter to Lucretia Mott
Josephine E. Butler letter to Anna Davis Hallowell
James Mott letter to Nicholas Hallock
United States Centennial Commission and Centennial Board of Finance invitation
William Furness letter to friends
Lucy Stone letter to Lucretia Mott
Letter to Lucretia Mott

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