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

Collection: Quakers and Slavery, Haverford College

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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 the gradual abolition of slavery.

Alternative Title

Rules for the regulation of the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes

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.

Creator

Society for the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage (author)

Contributor

Sterrett, Samuel (contributor)

Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801 (contributor)

Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807 (contributor)

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 (contributor)

Type

Text

Date

1784

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