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Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1840-01 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1840-01 [extracts]
Description:
Report from the Committee appointed to have the case for black people and their descendants. 1840
Date:
1840-01
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 Adeline Roberts, 1851-09-08
Title:
Letter to Adeline Roberts, 1851-09-08
Description:
Letter to Adeline Roberts declining her invitation to speak at a meeting of the Female Anti-Slavery Society because of other commitments.
Date:
1851-09-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Meeting for Sufferings Minutes, 1788- 10-08 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1864-12-20 [extracts]
Description:
Address to the New Jersey Assembly requesting that they pass legislation making it illegal to outfit slave ships.
Date:
1788-10-08
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1779-09-15
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1779-09-15
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn. Asks for reply to the essay giving an account of Friends.
Date:
1779-09-15
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter of Appreciation 1903-01-22
Title:
Letter of Appreciation 1903-01-22
Description:
Letter of appreciation from Hannah J[oues?] to Rebecca Conard which includes an account of the present occupations of graduates from the Western District Monthly Meeting's School for Colored Children
Date:
1903-01-22
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
Letter to Benjamin Bourn, 1791-01-16
Title:
Letter to Benjamin Bourn, 1791-01-16
Description:
Letter from Moses Brown regarding Quaker objections to the Militia bill and includes a postscript about an anti-slavery petition to Congress.
Date:
1791-01-16
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 Selina, Countess of Huntington, 1774-05-20
Title:
Letter to Selina, 1774-05-20
Description:
Xerox copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Selina, Countess if Huntington. This letter is in regard to the orphanage in Georgia established and run by George Whitefield, under the patronage of the Countess. Whitefield had encouraged the colony of Georgia to end its prohibition of slavery. Benezet speaks of the inhuman treatment of slaves and expresses his views against the slave trade. He sends accounts of treatment of runaway slaves and asks the countess to treat her slaves kindly and support those trying to end the slave trade.
Date:
1774-05-20
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
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District Minutes, 1844-01-06 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District Minutes, 1844-01-06 [extracts]
Description:
Report of the Committee appointed to the care of the schools for black people and their descendants, Millings Alley school.
Date:
1844-01-06
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1864-12-20 [extracts]
Title:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, 1864-12-20 [extracts]
Description:
Address cautioning against any involvement with wartime activities during the Civil War including advices quoted from earlier minutes and meetings. Extracted from the minutes of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Meeting for Sufferings, 1864-12-20
Date:
1864-12-20
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
Ruees [sic] for the regueatfon [sic] of the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes , and others, unlawfully held in bondage, Instituted in Philadelphia in the year 1784. To which are prefixed, The acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, respecting t
Title:
Ruees [sic] for the regueatfon [sic] of the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes, respecting the gradual abolition of slavery.
Description:
Organizational papers of the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes and others (later the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery). Quakers were active in the founding of this society. In 1789 it became the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Date:
1784
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Moses Brown, 1780-07-01
Title:
Letter to Moses Brown, 1780-07-01
Description:
Copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Moses Brown in regards to taxes used for the military.
Date:
1780-07-01
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Charlotte Queen of Great Britain, 1783-08-25
Title:
Letter to Charlotte Queen of Great Britain, 1783-08-25
Description:
Copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Charlotte Queen of Great Britain. Benezet discusses the cruelty of slavery and his opposition to the slave trade.
Date:
1783-08-25
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letterbook of Robert Pleasants
Title:
Letterbook of Robert Pleasants
Description:
Letters and other documents written by Robert Pleasants, a member of Curles Monthly Meeting, Virginia. The compilation of his letters generally centers on matters of religion and abolition, including letters to George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.
Date:
1754 - 1797
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1779-09-11
Title:
Letter to George Dillwyn, 1779-09-11
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to George Dillwyn, Burlington, NJ. Sends essay of short account of Friends. Refers to case of S(amuel) W(etherill) before Monthly Meeting.
Date:
1779-09-11
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College

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