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The American Anti-Slavery Society 50th Anniversary
Title:
The American Anti-Slavery Society 50th Anniversary
Description:
Documents prepared for, and correspondence related to, the fiftieth anniversary of the Anti-Slavery Convention (held in Philadelphia in 1833), and the American Anti-Slavery Society that was formed on the occasion. Most documents in this collection are taken from the Daniel Neall Jr. (1817-1894) papers.
Date:
1833 - 1886
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Lucretia Mott quietly took her place beside the colored man.
Title:
Lucretia Mott quietly took her place beside the colored man.
Description:
Illustration of Lucretia Mott sitting with an African American man. This image can be found in "Quaker Idyls" by Sarah M.H. Gardner. (New York: Henry Holt, 1894).
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College
From the Overseers of the Press Concerning Jn. Woolmans Negro Book
Title:
From the Overseers of the Press Concerning Jn. Woolmans Negro Book
Description:
Notice from Overseers of the Press of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting about the availability of John Woolman's newly-published 'Some Considerations on Keeping Negroes' part 2.
Date:
1762-03-28
Collection:
Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Title:
Elizabeth Neall Letter to Elizabeth H. Whittier
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Date:
1841-08-16
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Edward Hicks letter to Edward Hicks Walton
Title:
Edward Hicks letter to Edward Hicks Walton
Description:
Remarks on early Christian history and theology. Discusses his feeling of spiritual obsolescence ''in the present inlighten'd age.'' Mentions that ''abolitionist friends'' do not agree with his views.
Collection:
Rebecca Singer Collins Papers, In Her Own Right, 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
The Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society Minutes and Reports, 1852-1854
Title:
The Female Anti-Slavery Sewing Society Minutes and Reports, 1852-1854
Description:
The mission of the Society was to provide garments and support for freedomseekers who escaped slavery. This volume begins with the mission of the society, and otherwise includes informal minutes, listings for material and financial donations given by memberships, and the number of people at each meeting; the back pages include lists of monetary donations made to constituent members for the same years.
Date:
1852-06-23 - 1854
Collection:
Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College, In Her Own Right
Letter to John G. Whittier
Title:
Letter to John G. Whittier
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Date:
1885-05-31
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
William Lloyd Garrison letter to Lucretia Mott
Title:
William Lloyd Garrison letter to Lucretia Mott
Description:
William Lloyd Garrison expresses his awe of and appreciation for Lucretia Mott, and discusses Quaker antislavery writings, Southern views on slavery, and Mott's upcoming trip to England. Garrison also says that he is forced to rank the Society of Friends "among the corrupt sects of the age" due to their timidity in opposing slavery.
Date:
1840-04-28
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter from Lucretia Mott to C. W. Pennock
Title:
Letter from Lucretia Mott to C. W. Pennock
Description:
Letter from Lucretia Mott to C. W. Pennock [possibly Caspar Wistar Pennock, 1799-1867] regarding her efforts to find placement for recently emancipated slaves. Included with the letter is a card, criticizing slavery in the British West Indies, ca. 1824.
Date:
1843-10-26
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Letter fragment on social reform
Title:
Letter fragment on social reform
Description:
Author may be Lucretia Mott. The letter focuses on the relation between Quakers and other groups in pursuing reform. It also discusses ideas about labor and social organization, social reform, abolitionism, and other topics. Mentions reading Albert Brisbane's and Charles Fourier's work.
Date:
1800-1880
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Harriet Cohoe Barker to Emily Howland and Isabel Howland
Title:
Harriet Cohoe Barker to Emily Howland and Isabel Howland
Description:
Written in late 1928 by Harriet Cohoe Barker, a Candian Quaker. Discusses Barker's life and genealogy. Says that Barker maintained a correspondence with Robert and Susannah Howland for several years. Asks how abolitionists Lucretia Mott and Anna Mott were related; discusses the former.
Date:
1928
Collection:
Emily Howland Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
H.F. poem to John Greenleaf Whittier
Title:
H.F. poem to John Greenleaf Whittier
Description:
Poem celebrating Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier on his eightieth birthday. Published in the Friends Intelligencer (vol. 45 no. 1 p. 1).
Date:
1887-12-18
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Esther Fussell Lewis, Esther Ann Fussell Jacobs, and Elizabeth Lewis letter to Graceanna Lewis
Title:
Esther Fussell Lewis, and Elizabeth Lewis letter to Graceanna Lewis
Description:
Esther Lewis's part of the letter passes on news of friends, family, and the recent Yearly Meeting; mentions that Graceanna Lewis's sister Mariann is copying out a work of Sim&oaccute&n Bol&iaccute&var for Gertrude Kimber Burleigh; and discusses milking and butter-making. Esther Ann Fussell's part discusses a recent wedding; a speech given by Charles C. Burleigh at an antislavery meeting; an older Quaker's objection to Burleigh on the grounds that he was a "hireling" minister; and a faux pas involving letter-writing. Elizabeth Lewis's part discusses attending Yearly Meeting, mentioning the "anti-abolitionism" of Rachel Barker.
Date:
1842-05-15
Collection:
Lewis-Fussell Family Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Excerpts from John Ketcham's letters to his mother
Title:
Excerpts from John Ketcham's letters to his mother
Description:
Lieutenant John T. Ketcham was a Quaker soldier in the 4th New York Cavalry. Discusses multiple subjects, including the death of his brother Lt. Edward H. Ketcham at Gettysburg and John Brown. Expresses passionate patriotic and abolitionist sentiments.
Date:
1863
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lt. E. H. Ketcham letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Lt. E. H. Ketcham letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Lieutenant Edward H. Ketcham was a Quaker soldier in the 120th New York Infantry; he died at the Battle of Gettysburg. Written at a camp near Falmouth, Virginia. Discusses other Quakers/abolitionist soldiers, including Sergeant Levi Rosa. Asks Abby to locate Rosa's wounded brother at Point Lookout Hospital and convince him to get an honorary discharge.
Date:
1863-03-11
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Lucretia Mott letter to C. W. Pennock
Title:
Lucretia Mott letter to C. W. Pennock
Description:
Letter from Lucretia Mott to C. W. Pennock [possibly Caspar Wistar Pennock, 1799-1867] regarding her efforts to find placement for recently emancipated slaves. Included with the letter is a card, criticizing slavery in the British West Indies, approximately 1824 (scanned as A0009466).
Date:
1843-10-26
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Antislavery Card
Title:
Antislavery Card
Description:
A card, criticizing slavery in the British West Indies, approximately 1825. Contains quotes from John Hollingsworth and John Locke, as well as a letter to the editor of the Devizes Gazette. Included with a letter from Lucretia Mott to C. W. Pennock (A0009465).
Date:
1825
Collection:
Mott Manuscripts, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Life of Daniel Neall, Sr.
Title:
Life of Daniel Neall, Sr.
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Date:
(approximate)1890
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore
Daniel Neall Papers
Title:
Daniel Neall Papers
Description:
Selected papers from the Daniel Neall collection, primarily letters from Daniel Neall Jr. to John Priestly. Also includes a description of the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall, an account of the tarring & feathering of Daniel Neall Sr, and a note delivered to John Greenleaf Whittier by Daniel Neall Jr, Isaac Clothier, and Dillwyn Parrish.
Collection:
Daniel Neall papers, Quakers and Slavery, Swarthmore

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