The First Emancipation: The Abolition of Slavery in the North |
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... Philadelphia brethren . They suggested that the Philadelphia Meeting should have consulted other meetings which is precisely what the Pennsylvanians had suggested to the London Meeting . They did observe , however , that the slave trade ...
... Philadelphia brethren . They suggested that the Philadelphia Meeting should have consulted other meetings which is precisely what the Pennsylvanians had suggested to the London Meeting . They did observe , however , that the slave trade ...
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... Philadelphia a prosperous Quaker merchant took up the cause . Ralph Sandiford had seen the evils of slavery in the West Indies , and when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1729 he was shocked by the public slave auctions that disgraced the ...
... Philadelphia a prosperous Quaker merchant took up the cause . Ralph Sandiford had seen the evils of slavery in the West Indies , and when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1729 he was shocked by the public slave auctions that disgraced the ...
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... Philadelphia free Negroes also petitioned for the defeat of this bill designed to limit their rights , but a memorial signed by the mayor , alder- men , and various citizens of Philadelphia reiterated the demand for discriminatory ...
... Philadelphia free Negroes also petitioned for the defeat of this bill designed to limit their rights , but a memorial signed by the mayor , alder- men , and various citizens of Philadelphia reiterated the demand for discriminatory ...
Contents
THE TRIUMPH OF GRADUAL | 169 |
BEYOND GRADUAL ABOLITION | 201 |
APPENDIX | 231 |
Copyright | |
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