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Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1780-10-23
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1780-10-23
Description:
Letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet sends recently published pamphlets concerning the Meeting of Suffering and discusses Soame Jenyns' "A View of the Internal Evidences of the Christian Religion" .
Date:
1780-10-23
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
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 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 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
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1793-01-09
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1793-01-09
Description:
Letter from John Hough to Robert Pleasants. Houghs discusses circulating a petition against slavery to Hopewell, Goose Creek, and Alexandria Monthly Meetings in Virgina.
Date:
1793-01-09
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1792-08-20
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1792-08-20
Description:
Letter from Christr. Johnson to Robert Pleasants. Johnson discusses attending court cases regarding slavery in South Carolina and Georgia.
Date:
1792-08-20
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1778-11-02
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1778-11-02
Description:
Letter from Thos. Nicholson to Robert Pleasants. Includes a "decree of the Supreme Court in favour of Negroes [seiz'd?] & sold in Carolina". In regards to manumitted slaves being sold into a second bondage.
Date:
1778-11-02
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1794-12-04
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1794-12-04
Description:
Letter from James Binford to Robert Pleasants.
Date:
1794-12-04
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1792-09-20
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1792-09-20
Description:
Letter from John Hough to Robert Pleasants. Houghs discusses getting names on a petition against slavery.
Date:
1792-09-20
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1765-01-14
Title:
Letter to Robert Pleasants, 1765-01-14
Description:
Typed copy of a letter from Anthony Benezet to Robert Pleasants. Benezet speaks of John Hunt, who will be traveling through Virginia.
Date:
1765-01-14
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College