Moses Sheppard Letters to Thomas Ellicott

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Title

Moses Sheppard Letters to Thomas Ellicott

Creator

Sheppard, Moses

Type

Text

Date

1840-10-26 - 1850-07-29

Language

English

Internet Media Type

image/tiff

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Topical Subject

Quaker philanthropists

Slavery--West Indies

Antislavery movements

Maryland State Colonization Society

Anti-Masonic movements

Know Nothing Party

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Department

Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library

Item Identifier

RG5/137

Note

Moses Sheppard (1771-1857) was a member of the Religious Society of Friends, and at the time of this correspondence was living in Baltimore. Sheppard was deeply concerned with the issues of American and Caribbean slavery, and for many years was principally involved in the Maryland Colonization Society. His involvement waned later in life as he became disillusioned with developments in the Anti-Slavery movement, particularly what he perceived as extremism in the North. Thomas Ellicott and Joshua Dungan were both Pennsylvania Friends

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