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London Yearly Meeting Circular Epistle on Slavery, 1840-05-20
Title:
London Yearly Meeting Circular Epistle on Slavery, 1840-05-20
Description:
Circular Epistle of the London Yearly Meeting concerning Slavery.
Date:
1840-05-20
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1854-10-20
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1854-10-20
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding the Free Produce Movement. Particularly regarding the establishment of the first Free Produce Colony in the South.
Date:
1854-10-20
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African. Translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honored with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785. With additions.
Title:
An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African. Translated from a Latin dissertation, for the year 1785. With additions.
Description:
Clarkson's dissertation protesting the continuation of the slave trade. Includes sections on the history of the slave trade generally, slavery withinin Africa, and the European and colonial enslavement of Africans.
Date:
1786
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1846-11-11
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1846-11-11
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt describing the progress of the Free Produce Movement in Great Britain and advising G.W. Taylor on strengthening the Free Produce Movement in the U. S.
Date:
1846-11-11
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Nicholas Waln, 1784-04-23
Title:
Letter to Nicholas Waln, 1784-04-23
Description:
Letter from William B. Clark in which he writes of his stop in St. Kitts, the deplorable treatment of slaves in the West Indies, and the improper activities that occur among both black and white inhabitants there.
Date:
1784-04-23
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
A serious expostulation with the members of the House of Representatives of the United States
Title:
A serious expostulation with the members of the House of Representatives of the United States
Description:
Printed in Philadelphia; Reprinted by J. Spooner in Newbedford, 1793
Date:
1793
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1856-11-08
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1856-11-08
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding the Free Produce Movement. Particularly in reference to his peace and anti-slavery paper (The Citizen) and a farmer Burritt sent to the United States to begin a free labor cotton farm in the South (Charles Dowman). Image has been adjusted for readablity.
Date:
1856-11-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Memoirs of the lives of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandiford : two of the earliest public advocates for the emancipation of the enslaved Africans
Title:
Memoirs of the lives of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandiford : two of the earliest public advocates for the emancipation of the enslaved Africans
Description:
Biographies of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandiford compiled primarily from the author's interviews with elderly community members. Bound with : A short memoir of Andrew Underhill. 1826
Date:
1816
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Jonah Thompson, 1756-04-24
Title:
Letter to Jonah Thompson, 1756-04-24
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Jonah Thompson. Refers present unrest and the possibility of France declaring war.
Date:
1756-04-24
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
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
The epistle from the Yearly Meeting, held in London, by adjournments, from the 18th of the Fifth Month to the 28th of the same, inclusive, 1853 to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere
Title:
The epistle from the Yearly Meeting, and elsewhere
Description:
Caption title. Signed by Joseph Thorp.
Date:
1853
Collection:
Quaker Broadsides and Pamphlets, Haverford College
Thomas Clarkson 1840 commemorative coin
Title:
Thomas Clarkson 1840 commemorative coin
Description:
Medal made to commemorate the Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840 showing Clarkson on one side and the symbol of the Anti-Slavery Society on the other.
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade [original manuscript]
Title:
The History of the Rise, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade [original manuscript]
Description:
Original manuscript copy of Clarkson's history of the slave trade. The first edition of Clarkson's history was published in 1808. The manuscript was completed sometime before that date. Only the first volume has been published online. Except for the Table of Contents (handwritten by Clarkson's wife, Catherine Buck) and an image of the middle passage (included here as HC09-10025_331), the second volume is a pentegraph copy of the first. It is available for viewing at Haverford College Special Collections, which also holds the following published editions: London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808; Philadelphia : James P. Parke, 1808 [1st American edition]; Wilmington : Printed by R. Porter, 1816 [abridged by Evan Lewis]; New York : Published by John S. Taylor, 1836.
Date:
1808
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Caspar Wistar, 1784-04-25
Title:
Letter to Caspar Wistar, 1784-04-25
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Caspar Wister. Benezet sends pamphlets and his "Observations on Indians".
Date:
1784-04-25
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1772-10-30
Title:
Letter to Samuel Allinson, 1772-10-30
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet concerning Granville Sharp's legal battles over slavery in Britain. A large portion of the letter is quoting a letter from Benjamin Franklin explaining a new Spanish regulation of slavery.
Date:
1772-10-30
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-01-19
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-01-19
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding the Free Produce Movement. Particularly in reference to his peace and anti-slavery paper (The Citizen) and a farmer Burritt sent to the United States to begin a free labor cotton farm in the South (Charles Dowman). Image has been adjusted for readability.
Date:
1855-01-19
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Early Anti-Slavery Advocates
Title:
Early Anti-Slavery Advocates
Description:
Biographical sketches of William Burling, Ralph Sandiford, and Benjamin Lay.
Date:
1855-11-24 - 1856-03-29
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-05-04
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-05-04
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding his anti-war and anti-slavery paper (The Citizen) and a farmer (Charles Dowman) he sent to the United States to begin a free labor cotton farm in the South.
Date:
1855-05-04
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-02-16
Title:
Letter to George Washington Taylor, 1855-02-16
Description:
Letter from Elihu Burritt regarding his anti-war and anti-slavery paper (The Citizen) and the Free Produce Movement. In particular, Burritt refers to a farmer he sent to the United States to start a free labor cotton farm in the South (Charles Dowman). He also states he is not a Unitarian, but a member of an Orthodox church.
Date:
1855-02-16
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College

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