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Philadelphia Manumissions Book
Title:
Philadelphia Manumissions Book
Description:
Manumissions Book, 1772-1786. This volume is filled with the names of Quakers and others who released their slaves and provides the name of their Meeting and names of their slaves. While all the districts of Philadelphia are represented, the greatest number of manumissions came from members of the Monthly meeting of Philadelphia (Arch Street). Pages 60-80, 113-160, 183-186, and 194-212 from manumissions book are blank.
Date:
1772 - 1786
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Black Water Monthly Meeting, Manumissions, 1776 - 1779
Title:
Black Water Monthly Meeting, 1776 - 1779
Description:
Minute book from Blackwater Monthly Meeting 1779-5-13 through 1795-4-18. The first 30 pages are Manumissions dated 1776-1779.
Date:
1776-11-14 - 1779-05-31
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Title:
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1830-05-01
Description:
John Davis' response to Joseph Talcot's request for information regarding the free African-Americans settling at the Wilberforce colony in Canada.
Date:
1830-05-01
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1837-01-28
Title:
Letter to Joseph Talcot, 1837-01-28
Description:
Letter from several members of the Wilberforce Colony in Canada to Joseph Talcot, regarding money he sent to them which was unevenly distributed. Letter also signed by additional members of the Wilberforce Colony (illegible signatures).
Date:
1837-01-28
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Executive Minutes
Title:
Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Executive Minutes
Description:
Minutes from the meetings of the Executive Committee.
Date:
1864 - 1865
Collection:
Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
The Original Papers of Manumission by the Monthly Meetings Composing the Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia
Title:
The Original Papers of Manumission by the Monthly Meetings Composing the Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia
Description:
The original papers of manumission from the Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia. Recorded by Abington, Exeter, Gwynedd, Haverford, Philadelphia, Northern District, and Southern District Monthly Meetings. Provides the name of their Meeting and names of their slaves.
Date:
1772 - 1790
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
Chesterfield Manumissions
Title:
Chesterfield Manumissions
Description:
This collection chiefly consists of manumission certificates signed by members of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, 1774-1796. It also includes several related documents on topics such as the education of free Negroes, and the treatment of Friends who refused to comply with the Anti-Slavery Testimony.
Date:
1774 - 1848
Collection:
Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Records, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
A List Of the Members of the New York Manumission Society
Title:
A List Of the Members of the New York Manumission Society
Description:
Membership list kept by Isaac T. Hopper includes members' names and some addresses, dates of entry into the society, and membership status. Notebook also includes two tables: one reporting the number ex-slaves freed by the society, 1791-1814; and one recording the teachers' names, salaries, and number of pupils in the African Free School.
Date:
1791 - 1827
Collection:
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been, or May Be Liberated, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Paul Cuffe
Title:
Paul Cuffe
Description:
Silhouette. Paul Cuffe. OB: 9 MO: 7. 1817. The exertions of this truly benevolent individual, entitle him to the esteem of the world, and the grateful remembrance of latest posterity. A colored man, an Esteemed member of the Society of Friends.
Collection:
Friends Historical Library miscellaneous photographs collection, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore