Pennsylvania Abolition Society
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was the first American abolition society. It was founded April 14, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and held four meetings. Seventeen of the 24 men who attended initial meetings of the Society were Quakers, that is, members of the Religious Society of Friends, a branch of Christianity notable in the early history of Pennsylvania.It was reorganized in 1784 as the ''Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage'', (better known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society) and was incorporated in 1789.
At some point after 1785, Benjamin Franklin was elected as the organization's president. The society asked him to bring the matter of slavery to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He petitioned the U.S Congress in 1790 to ban slavery.
The Pennsylvania Abolition (or Abolitionist) Society, which had members and leaders of both races, became a model for anti-slavery organizations in other states during the antebellum years. Prominent African-American members included Robert Purvis, who was admitted in 1842 as the Society's first Black member.
In 1984 when the Society was revived, a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed on Philadelphia's Front Street below Chestnut Street, at the site of its original offices.
The Pennsylvania Abolition Society still exists, dedicated to the cause of combating racism. The oldest abolitionist organization in the United States, since the late twentieth century, it has worked to improve issues of criminal justice and the over-representation of African Americans in prison, reduction in harsh sentencing laws, and improving economic and environmental justice. Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 20 results of 44 for search 'Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery', query time: 0.05s
Refine Results
-
1Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1820In collection: Digital Records
Electronic -
2Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1795In collection: Digital RecordsCall Number: AmS .061Link to Digital Library record
Electronic -
3Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1788In collection: Digital RecordsCall Number: E 441 .A58 v. 79 no. 18Link to Digital Library record
Electronic -
4Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1802In collection: Digital Records
Electronic -
5Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1787In collection: Digital RecordsCall Number: Am 1787 Penn SocLink to Digital Library record
Electronic -
6Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1784In collection: Digital RecordsCall Number: Ams 03Link to Digital Library record
Electronic -
7Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1865In collection: Digital Records
Electronic -
8
-
9Creator: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
Year: 1787In collection: Digital Records
Electronic -
10In collection: Archival Materials
Call Number: 0490Manuscript -
11Published 1848“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
12“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
13“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
14Published 1875“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
15“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
16“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
17Published 1911“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
18Published 1838“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
19Published 1848“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book -
20Published 1860“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”In collection: Published Materials
Call Number: Loading...
Located: Loading...Book
Search Tools:
Related Subjects
Antislavery movements
Slavery
African Americans
Law and legislation
History
Societies, etc
Mouvements antiesclavagistes
Social conditions
Abolitionists
African American criminals
Archival resources
Archives
Constitutions
Controversial literature
Criminal statistics
Education
Fugitive slaves
Legal status, laws, etc
Manuscripts, American
Physicians
Slavery !z United States !x Controversial literature
Slavery and the church
Slavery in the Bible
Sources
Statistics