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1806 June 19 to Henry and Francis, Weston
Title:
1806 June 19 to Henry and Francis, Weston
Description:
Written by two different authors; announcing the death of Hannah Drinker, 1760-1806.
Date:
1806-06-19
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
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
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
1843 August 31, Philadelphia, to Dear Parents
Title:
1843 August 31, to Dear Parents
Date:
1843-08-31
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
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
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 Robert Pleasants, 1774-05-07
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1774-05-07
Description:
Typed copy of letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants which discusses the the continued importation of slaves into the southern colonies and appeals made by the northern colonies to end the slave trade.
Date:
1774-05-07
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College